Duo planning 1,000 days alone at sea

AP via Yahoo ^ | 04/21/07 | VERENA DOBNIK

[Abathar]

Alimony insurance.....

[Michael.SF.]

Here is another picture:

That does not look like the same guy.

[A message]

I’m betting the journey will last 300 days or less and will involve some nations taxpayer dollars to rescue them.

[Abathar]

Hey - Who moved this to extended news, current events?

[Abathar]

Well, if you have to look at someone for 1000 days, he could do a LOT worse....

[Justa]

Upon further reading I see the ship was custom built by his family and of good construction:

"Schooner Anne is a low-maintenance vessel designed to be repaired at sea. Her hull is made of steel meshing and fiber glass which is one of her most unique points...."

If it sinks it'll be his doing. I think she'll go nuts long before then.

I say her postings to their website will be rather 'limited' by day 20. Certainly in the 3rd person by day 60 -if not at day 1.

[Gondring]

ping

[Grizzled Bear]

Provisions were packed into every nook and cranny of the schooner’s hull, everything from rice and beans to tomato sauce, pasta, pesto, olives, chocolate, spices and about 200 pounds of parmesan cheese. Sprouts were already growing in boxes for salads.

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They didn’t mention soap or deodorant. On an nearly three year voyage you are gonna need some soap and deodorant.

Oh yeah; and toilet paper.

[Grizzled Bear]

Hope they didn’t take any bananas along.

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Why not? I’m sure I’ll regret asking...

[Maceman]

I'm guessing she's not going to be able to stand the sight of him after day 300.

And he probably won't be able to stand the sound of her voice by the same time.

[cloud8]

Provisions were packed into every nook and cranny of the schooner's hull, everything from rice and beans to tomato sauce, pasta, pesto, olives, chocolate, spices and about 200 pounds of parmesan cheese. Sprouts were already growing in boxes for salads.

No beer?? Bon voyage, guys.

[ASOC]

What, you think it go past 3 months? Too big an age difference.

A good friend of mine offer some advice on buying a nice sailboat (pre-internet)

Go to Panama he said. Most of the couples never make it thru the canal. The wife is tired or sick of the small boat, or no kids/grandkids/no shopping/bad food/storms/no mail or telephone and so on.

And she gets on the first thing smoking headed North. Dad can’t continue on his own as the boat is too big - so they sale at a loss.

Your gain.

OTOH, many have done this quite successfully - Jim and Molly Moore, Kellogg and Diana Fleming, Suzanne & Jim Macfarlan (and family), Paul Howard and Fiona McCall, Alvah & Diana Simon ( a year frozen in the Arctic ice), and on and on.

http://www.cruisingworld.com/index.jsp has many of the stories and is a good magazine, lots of recipes great for RVs.

[patton]

What a cool idea - I wonder where the RV’s get sold?

[Don Corleone]

Three years and no port calls?

An amazing stock of birth control pills, condoms , TP and sanitary napkins will leave no room for anything else.../sarc

[Blackirish]

“The Old Man with the Young Chick in the Sea”

apologies to Hemingway

[ASOC]

RV = land yacht. Small living space, mobile and limited space to store things - just the thing to train for living on a sailboat.

[ASOC]

It may also be like Old Man and Surrogate daughter go to sea.

It could happen. The guy *is* old enough to be her dad. Or not.

[Recon Dad]

Good call! I give the boat 4 months. I hope it’s not wood frame.

[nctexan]

I’m sure he won’t be able to stand up after 1,000 days of that... Not at his age.

[RunningWolf]

A 70-foot, two-masted schooner

I am very envious!