Does anyone else here live on a boat?

[cbayer]

I decided to seek refuge from America on a boat and now I seek refuge from gd:p in the lounge.

[seemunkee]

1. No, Tell me more

Sail or power? How long have you been on the water? Where have you been? Would you do it again?

[cbayer]

3. Sail. About a year.

Brought her down from SF to LA last feb. and now just cruising around the Channel Islands. Back in LA about once a month for work related stuff and groceries. I don't know if i will ever stop doing it.

[Bennyboy]

2. Almost!

I was bidding on a sailboat in panama a month ago but I did not win. Shame. I was ready to go. Nice boat too, 35 footer, great shape, new sails, lots of bells and whistles.

[cbayer]

4. What kind of boat (name)?

I did lots of shopping before I got this one. Plan to go far at some point.

[Bennyboy]

9. You know I can't remember it....

I have been on eBay looking for lots of boats lately, so ...Ebay is the place though. I ahve seen some go for really really cheap in the last couple of months, especially SOCAL boats.

[cbayer]

11. yachtworld.com. That's where I found mine.

I don't trust ebay. not sure why. and cheap is not really what to look for in a boat. keep looking. you will find her.

[Bennyboy]

14. Yeah I know that...

But this one had loads of pics and at under 8 grand i figured it was a good deal... But it got over that so I passed on it....

Really, someday it is a big cat for me. Something I can sail in open water and maybe charter out or something. I ahve limited (mostly lakes) sailing experience, but would just love to sail the coast of CA and the SF bay a little more...

[cbayer]

16. My husband is a wonderful sailor.

Me - a newbie. But if you ever get down this way, he is a great teacher.
He also know alot about what to look for, especially with these less expensive boats.

[darkstar]

5. The compass card is spinning...

:hi:

[cbayer]

6. Hello darkstar. I don't know what that means.

[Bennyboy]

7. Vague Grateful Dead reference.....

Lost Sailor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_5rVSngxio Where's the DarkStar, where's the moon...you're lost Sailor....

[cbayer]

15. Let me re-phrase.

Trying to download both. Internet connection on boat - not so good.

[cbayer]

19. Can not watch! Can not watch!

Looks like it was taken with a cel phone.

Will look for song elsewhere.

[darkstar]

8. hey...sorry for the hijack

Mister Benny and I share a fondness for the Grateful Dead and this was my way of telling him to go for it. Actually, the second half of this little suite called Saint of Circumstance speaks to going for it, while this first half speaks of the need to drop anchor for a bit. But I still mean "go for it"....

:hi:

Lost Sailor

Compass card is spinning
Helm is swingin' to and fro
Ooh where's the dog star
Ooh where's the moon
You're lost sailor
You've been too long at sea (note 1)

Some days the gales are howling
Some days the sea is still as glass
Ooh reef the mainsail
Ooh lash the mast
You're lost sailor
You've been too long at sea

Now the shore-lights beckon
Yeah there's a price for being free

Yeah the sea birds cry (note 2)
There's a ghost wind blowin'
It's calling you to that misty swirling sea
Till the chains of your dreams are broken
No place in this world you can be

You're lost sailor
You've been way too long at sea
Now the shore-lights beckon
Yeah there's a price for being free

Drifting yeah drifting
Yeah drifting and dreaming

'Cause there's a place you've never been (note 3)
Maybe a place you've never seen
You can hear her calling on the wind
Go on and drift your life away
Yeah just drifting and dreaming
Maybe drift your life away
Drifting and dreaming
Yes I'm going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream

[cbayer]

10. I remember that song!

yes i am going on a dream.

[Bennyboy]

12. Here is Saint Of Circumstance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi_CVdCFnNY&feature=related BTW< this show is the last time they appeared together.... (Bob does Lost Sailor/Saint now though)

[cbayer]

13. downloaded both.

lots of great sailing songs and this is one of the best.

[buzzard]

17. My daughter did for a bit on this boat in the Galapagos

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[cbayer]

18. wow, that is a very unusual looking boat.

do you know what kind it is?

[buzzard]

20. Not sure what kind it was but it was the best summer of her life, she did a biology course in the

Galapagos and is now in her third year University. The experience made her strive for more adventures and this summer she will be doing a marine course in the Honduras as part of her degree. Wish I was younger.

[cbayer]

21. Very cool

Look at NOLS website (national outdoor leadership school). They have some great courses for people like us (old, crusty). Also, I took a trip with "The World Outdoors" a couple of years ago. Oldest person on the trip, had a blast.

Age can only rule you if you let it. It is never too late to push the limits.

[YankeyMCC]

24. Very cool

You say she's now in her 3rd year of college so does that mean she did this in High School maybe? I'm just curious about how she got the opportunity to do something like that. My son, who's in middle school now, is interested in marine biology.

[Bennyboy]

22. HOLY CRAP!

I just found out something about a boat I used to sail on...

The Nam Sang. a 60 foot sloop that one time won the trans-pacific race and was once owned by Errol Flynn.

Back in the early nineties I had this friend Richard who had this boat. We used to work on it, and he used to take us out in the SF bay and delta to sail it sometimes. When the water came up on the Sac river during the 95 floods, he tried to sail it downstream and sunk it due to some power lines crossing the river at one of the bridges. It is still down there and I have dove on it to see if it was salvageable.

Richard always had this very long elaborate story about how he came about the boat, how it was stolen from the St Francis yacht club, how he stole it back in Australia and it ended up in Sacramento.

It was a really beautiful boat.

But after this thread popped up, I did some research to see if I could find a photo of the Nam Sang. Instead I found this: http://www.kamadofraudforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=507

Seems Richard is a scam artist of the highest order. I haven't seen him since I promoted a benefit for him about a month after the boat sank. I feel like I was taken for quite the ride...

[Bennyboy]

23. kick it...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. I wish.

I have one but it's too small to live on (26'). I can sail around and overnight on it, but living there full time would be tough. If only....

[musiclawyer]

26. I've known lots of people with boats

they lived on but most were apolitical. Not sure if that means anything.....