Hi Bruce and Nancy, Countless boat of all kinds with no watertight bulkheads have crossed ocean. I firmly believe that the key is preparation of the crew and preparation of the boat. In that order. Preparation of the crew mean: - Understanding the forces at play on your boat and how your boat reacts to it - Understanding all the systems on your boat, how to fix them or do without. - Experiencing multiple weather patterns at sea and how to cope with them - Understanding all risks and mitigation strategies - Understanding how you and your crew will react under stress and fatigue. When the weather turns bad, sleep is the first victim. How to maintain good decisions making in those conditions is key.
At sea, our full time job is divided over three tasks: take care of the boat (sail handling, boat maintenance, anticipating problems before they happen), take care of the crew (feed well, well rested, well entertained to keep good moral) and, maintain navigation (analyzing weather conditions and forecast and their impact on your routing requires easily two to three hours a day) Preparation of the boat mean: - Understanding the weakness of your boat and any boat and fix everything that could be fixed. At sea, your boat will do kore and under greater stress that what most boats experience in ten years of summer sailing. - Whatever needs to be replaced should be replaced. You need a boat in top shape. - Equip properly, understanding that technology should never/ever be a substitute for knowledge and skills, only a complement. Have fun preparing. Antoine C&C 30 Cousin > Le 8 mars 2017 à 20:24, Bruce Carter via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> a > écrit : > > I’ve been watching this forum for a while - I have an issue that I need help > with. > > I would like to take my C&C 110 (1999- hull number 8) to Australia via > Tahiti. My C&C has been set up for coastal sailing and I now sail in the > Great Lakes. Is this boat seaworthy to do a transpacific sail? I’m concerned > about hull integrity and the lack of water tight bulkheads. All other things > are a matter of investing $$ into things like AIS, Liferaft, etc. But if this > boat is not seaworthy without the proper hull and watertight bulkheads, I > think I should purchase another boat. > > What do you guys think? > > Is it seaworthy for a transpacific sail? Can it be – or should it be- > retrofitted with watertight bulkheads? If so, how can this be done without > affecting the integrity of the boat? > > Bruce and Nancy Carter > 55804 Rivershores Est > Elkhart, IN 46516 > > mob- Bruce- 574-361-9437 > mob- Nancy- 574-304-9009 > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish > to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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