I will be purchasing a sailboat to circumnavigate the world.
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This sounds more what I was thinking. You could probably get that initial cost to the 20k range for the boat with a used 30 something catalina or hunter. Could maybe get by with a bit less for the deep blue kitting too but otherwise what I was expecting. Also wasn't expecting OP to solo sail. That length of time solo is askin for some trouble. My plan for even trans Pacific was going to be my wife and I. Also the port fees you left out are more hefty than one would think over the course of a year. Also probably wouldn't do it with less than 300 days at sea under my belt.
You need to be ready, my friend. I've had some sailing experience, mostly around New England but with one trip from Maui to Oahu, and you just have to be ready, you have to be knowledgeable, you have to be nimble, and you have to trust your boat. Know exactly what to do when the weather turns south, and know not to panic when it gets choppy. Know what to do if your equipment or your rigging starts failing. I have been on the Pacific in the middle of the night with huge swells and nothing in sight with a torn mainsail, you just have to be ready for everything
Morbid question op, but you're doing something super difficult that probably carries more than a 25% chance of not making it back alive. Are you alright with the chance you may leave a wife and 10 year old behind forever?
Good luck, sounds like something that would be a blast.
I'd love to do it. But only on a 200ft superyacht.
I'd love to do it. But only on a 200ft superyacht.
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So my wife and child (as well as my 20 year old stepson) will meet me at least twice over the course of the journey at various ports. I will be more than fine on the trip with ample help at all points. My wife is fully supportive and I will be faithful as I have no desire to cheat on my her.
Aren't there plenty of horror stories were people do this only to have their boat wrecked in a storm and they become marooned?
This is pretty grossly judgemental tbh.
Who are you to speak about their relationship like this?
No it's not. You have no idea what relationship he has with his wife so calling it abandoning is judgemental and condescending.
If this is cool with his wife who are you to judge him the way you are? Kids adapt you know? Parents do leave home for long periods of time sometimes.
This seems very important to you. I'm glad you're not letting things like kids and a wife get in the way of your dreams.
You forgot to also mention he is doing so to literally waste a boatload of money.
Ha ha ha
I did mention that in fact, but extra points to you for the best usage of literally I've seen in a while.
Dude... you literally said it's all good to leave your kid behind for years because they'll adapt.
The nonsense is long past the trying stage.
You do not know what it is to contemplate abandoning a child that you have spent sleepless nights nurturing if you don't.
Telling someone that they are about to hurt their child/family for some luxury bullshit is not judgemental. It's the truth.
Which oven the right context? Sure. It really parents agree who are you to judge?
Parents go away all the time. Soldiers, explorers, actors. People who chose specific careeers or endeavours despite having kids.
Stop being so ridiculously judgemental.
That's exactly what I said yes, well done.
Do it!!
My oldest brother has "only" a 35 foot sail boat that he bought on Lake Superior and he and his SO spend a long time sailing around there. He got his captains license (license?) and replaced/rebuilt a crap ton of mechanical issues, but, this summer they sold their house in Minneapolis (well, St. Paul) and set sail through the Great Lakes on their way to the Caribbean. They just got hit by that winter strom in New Jersey though, so they have a ways to go. Got a little delayed.
He is working remotely and I'm not sure what she is doing. I don't think I have seen them happier though.
My oldest brother has "only" a 35 foot sail boat that he bought on Lake Superior and he and his SO spend a long time sailing around there. He got his captains license (license?) and replaced/rebuilt a crap ton of mechanical issues, but, this summer they sold their house in Minneapolis (well, St. Paul) and set sail through the Great Lakes on their way to the Caribbean. They just got hit by that winter strom in New Jersey though, so they have a ways to go. Got a little delayed.
He is working remotely and I'm not sure what she is doing. I don't think I have seen them happier though.
Key word is "career." Even that has its price I imagine. But this is masturbatory bullshit.
It seems to me that there's a huge difference, however, in a father bailing on his kid because he's in the Army and has to do so or because he works in the oil industry and has to go overseas for a few months to provide for the family vs. someone who chooses to leave just because they want to. It's putting one's own wants above what's good for the kid. Depriving a kid of a parent for a year without a really compelling reason to do so is not something I could imagine doing to my kid.
If I were a kid I'd be much more understanding of "daddy has to go away for a year, but wishes he didn't" vs. "daddy left because there was something he wanted to do for fun", which by definition means that whatever daddy is doing is valued more highly than being with the child. The wife has the power to decide if that's OK with her or not. A young child can't really make that decision, so while I don't think I'd use the term "abandon" in relation to the wife I do think it's the right word to describe leaving a young child behind just to chase a hobby/personal goal that could be done a bit later when the kid is grown.
Parenting isn't a part time job that people can just opt out of for a year on a whim.
Or "endeaver".
Plenty of people take up endeavours that take them away from their families that are not necessary. And do so with other parents consenting and the child not being damaged by it.
I bet y'all could think of a few...
Nah I'm good.
I have no time for parents who put flights (on in this case sails) of fancy ahead of being a parent....
We're talking a several years absence to no benefit (financial or otherwise) to his daughter on top of what could be a 5 to 6 figure spending.
This is the vlog to watch, https://www.youtube.com/user/WhiteSpotPirates/videos
Untie the Lines
it is just a lady sailing around the world in a piece of crap boat like you want to get.
Untie the Lines
it is just a lady sailing around the world in a piece of crap boat like you want to get.
Someone that bails on a young kid to backpack across the country, climb Everest, sail around the world or neglects their kid to play World of Warcraft for 19 hours a day is equally abandoning their kid and in each case I'd have the same advice - if that's what you want to do with your life then that's great, but you should have done it before having a child or after the child is old enough that it won't be so harmful to him/her. To do otherwise is putting one's own needs way above a child's, which seems to me to be bad parenting and horrifically unfair to the child.