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Chip Hunt
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Initially Posted - 01/29/2004 :  01:33:59  Show Profile
Found this interesting site the other day. Its the tale of a solo trip from texas to the bahamas on board a 23' beneteau. Thought some of you may enjoy it.

http://www.svprana.net/
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Slowly but Maybe
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pwhallon
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Response Posted - 01/29/2004 :  09:30:42  Show Profile
Keeping the dream alive man.

Thanks,

Paul
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tinob
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Response Posted - 01/29/2004 :  11:36:34  Show Profile
Thanks Chip,

Followed the trip on my recently arrived Bimini charts and had one heck of a grand time doing so. Of course I'm near blind about now what with reading of his adventures and flipping my by-focals down to find his location on the charts. I only wish for some photos of the stream.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT

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Todd Frye
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Response Posted - 01/30/2004 :  13:01:34  Show Profile
Back in 1966, I was in "school" to become a crew chief on Huey helicopters at the Army base in Dothan, Alabama. For our Christmas leave, a buddy of mine suggested we take off for the Bahamas (we were so considerate of our families, in hindsight). Our CO told us we couldn’t leave the country, in case there was a national emergency (which made us feel pretty good that the Army couldn’t do without us, but pretty bummed that our dream trip would not happen). So my buddy suggested we go on down to the Florida Keys, where he was first mate on a private fishing boat, and spend a couple of weeks with his old Captain. While staying on Captain Jacks boat down in Marathon, a wooden schooner ghosted into the slip beside us, and, to me, it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. He just got back from the Bahamas, and as the boat was a gift from his "Sugar Momma" who was up in Miami, he had to leave for a thank you visit. Anyhow, he asked me to stay on the boat and take care of things....and we have the seed planted for my need to mess about in boats. I have always dreamed of making the passage from the Keys to the Bahamas and the link: http://www.svprana.net/, left me hungry for something more tangible. An eight-month log that gave more detailed accounts of his adventures to Starbucks and internet frustrations, than his one paragraph on the actual crossing, was a great let down to me. He even put down Marathon, which I remember as wonderful. Well, I think I got that off my chest. Come on spring. Todd Frye
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wmeinert@kconline.com
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Response Posted - 01/30/2004 :  15:07:06  Show Profile
What an amazing thing, I just last year bought a used Tonic 23 By Beneteau because I discovered it was a perfect single handed sailing vessel. It is my current dream to rebuild the Tonic 23 and motor/sail down the Mississipi to the Gulf and back up the east coast. I still love racing the C 25 and will continue to do so, but if you ever get a chance to look at a Tonic 23, please do. You'll realy appreciate the accomidations for single handeling.

Bill Meinert
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tinob
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Response Posted - 01/31/2004 :  13:35:39  Show Profile
Will do Bill.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT
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Chip Hunt
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Response Posted - 01/31/2004 :  20:08:00  Show Profile
i'll bet that the keys of today are a bit different than the keys of 38 years ago. i don't really think that this guy is much of a hard-core sailor, thus his focus on non-sailing related topics. still, he took a neat trip with his dog, and thus my interest in his voyage.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 02/01/2004 :  12:33:47  Show Profile
Different people have different reasons for 'cruising'... the author here was obviously very much into the 'social' aspects of that lifestyle. It was still a fun read from that aspect alone.

Here's a couple links to some of my favorite cruisers logs... if you're housebound they will provide some hours of enjoyable reading.

http://www.svmirador.net/
http://www.geocities.com/willix/
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