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Gee Tonto-maybe you should be dumping chain into the bilge.I’d like to know how you sail alone offshore.Do you ever sleep?How long do you sleep and rely on radar alarms?
I’ve just started semi-cruising.Currently in Stuart,Fl-HArborage marina-spotted 3 pearson 424’s at Sunset Harbor Marina but noone onboard.________________________________
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Joe Shimkonis
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Hey Joe,
I probably should’ve bought 5/16″ chain instead of 3/8″, but now 200′ of
3/8″, plus a 45 lb CQR and a 66 lb Manta, are what I’ve got and all
together they’re heavy.Single-handing offshore isn’t the problem. Out there I use the radar’s
perimiter alarm and wake up periodically to look around. Ships are few
and far between. It’s far from ideal, I know, but safer (I believe) than
sleep deprivation. It’s the close in, coastal legs that are difficult.
There is often too much small-boat traffic to do more than catnap and it
becomes exhausting. I do my best to break up coastal runs into day
sails, or at least single over-nighters, and take on crew for longer
passages, just to help stand watches. But I don’t always succeed in
those efforts. Then I just do the best I can. So far, so good.Tor
Silverheels, P-424 #17
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Hey Joe,
I probably should’ve bought 5/16″ chain instead of 3/8″, but now 200′ of
3/8″, plus a 45 lb CQR and a 66 lb Manta, are what I’ve got and all
together they’re heavy.Single-handing offshore isn’t the problem. Out there I use the radar’s
perimiter alarm and wake up periodically to look around. Ships are few
and far between. It’s far from ideal, I know, but safer (I believe) than
sleep deprivation. It’s the close in, coastal legs that are difficult.
There is often too much small-boat traffic to do more than catnap and it
becomes exhausting. I do my best to break up coastal runs into day
sails, or at least single over-nighters, and take on crew for longer
passages, just to help stand watches. But I don’t always succeed in
those efforts. Then I just do the best I can. So far, so good.Tor
Silverheels, P-424 #17
http://www.silverheels.us
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