Hello Clive: Good luck with the crossing. Seems we both have the same boat - a fin Pandora Mk1. "Rather compact" I can agree with, but that doesn't stop anything in itself. If you take a look at www.jesterinfo.org, you will find another Pandora entered for the 2010 Jester singlehanded transatlantic 'race'. My ambitions lie in that direction, and I'd be interested in any reports you might post. I've been savage with my boat preparations, now into their second year - new watertight bulkheads, new rudder, half the cockpit decked over, bonded the hull and deck together in place of the rubber gasket, glassed the keel in place, glassed over the outboard well, etc, etc. After that, I have to bridge the gulf between ambition and experience. If I've got any doubts about the weather, I wait. The combination of strong tidal streams and extensive sandbanks in the Irish Sea are at the root of my caution. Sailing from Liverpool to Ireland by way of the Isle of Man in my last season was a similar distance, but other than the difficulty of keeping off the putty it was all very peaceful. Let us know how you get on.
Robin.
|
Previous
Index
Next
Flat
Re: Doing a crossing in a 'smaller boat'....thoughts?
Edit
Reply
Quote
