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  • Traveling by Sailboat is the most expensive way to travel in Squaler

    No real place to post this, but since it is on the ocean guess all oceans are connected so the logic is, that I am off the coast of Thailand.

    So since I am now in the Tropical Zone of Northern Alberta for a Grandkid visit thought I would post a few pics of a 3000 mile sailing trip. If a mod wants to move some place else, no worries.

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    Regional Travel works for me , post away
    http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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      IMG_0978.jpgDSC_0373.jpg

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        Going to take a relearning curve. The 2 Photos above is the view of Barkley Sound Vancouver Island Canada from our Cabin.

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        • #5
          Tutorial here :

          http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...rial-with-Pics
          http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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            Our first part of the journey took us along the Pacific side of Washington and Oregon. Basicly a nightmare of Bad, very bad weather and expensive repairs to engine and mental ability to rationalize why the feck were we doing this again. Te waves in the picture are 20 to 30 ft and breaking. The ports were closed for days and sometimes weeks on end.

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            Beautiful from the land but not something you want to get close to in a Sailboat.

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              DSC_0450.jpgDSC_0470.jpgDSC_0965.jpgDSC_0692.jpgDSC_0471.jpg

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                Sorry still not got the hang of adding text. Basically the journey to get out of the states was a mixed bag. from boring 30 hour motor passages with no wind. To either scary to exhilarating passages in 35 to 45 knots of wind depending on who was writing the log. Also the cities tend to get larger as you head south. Simple things like entering port was fraught with additional challenges to us folk from Northern regions,LOL

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                • #9
                  35 to 45 knots of wind depending on who was writing the log.
                  there's an age old answer to that

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                  https://1stkilkennyscouts.ie/beaufort-scale/
                  http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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                  • #10

                    Swear oaths you will not keep once back on dry land

                    been there
                    http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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                    • #11
                      There is one more to add to that chart :

                      Perfect storm
                      Waves like mountains
                      Boat flounders
                      Kiss posterier goodbye

                      Nice thread Delayed. Confirms me as a land lover.

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                      • #12
                        Well thanks folks. We had put the boat up on the hard in January last year and left it in Monterey Bay while we went back Thailand and then to Bamfield to work for the summer. When we arrived back in the States I was shocked to find that my cruising permit was soon to expire and the boat had to leave the US within a few days. "No Exceptions" was the kind government officials exact words. I even offered to pay a bond, but was told I would be fined a minimum of $1800 and have the boat impounded.

                        So with repairs only partly done we set off. And of course the weather did not help at all. No wind or strong wind from the south. We did manage to make it out of the US but it was interesting to say the least. My Thai Admiral got to witness what the adventure lifestyle she loves looks like up front and personal. LOL.

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                        ENtering LOng Beach harbour at night was interesting. The easy part was getting in then finding out that the Immigration office was closed for the night meant that we could not check out of the US as instructed. Then trying to find a birth, amongst the freighters and commercial boats was fun

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                          We did see some neat stuff on the way down but it was a rush, only time I have sailed against the clock. DSC_0289.jpg


                          ALso some cute critters.DSC_0461.jpg

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                          • #14
                            Having survived Hurricane Katrina & Rita - in the Gulf of Mexico, moi has mucho respect for the sea.
                            God, the panic within the Dems, MSM, and left must be horrifying...realizing that Joe is really the best they've got.

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                              A few more photos as we got to Mexico
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