dolbycat
Member
Hi,
My wife, two younger boys, and I have a goal to cruise the Caribbean for a year in five years. This would put my boys at 10 years old and 15 years old. We have no ocean boating experience but we do own a power boat that we use on the lakes here in Idaho. I have grown up around these types of boats and love using ours.
If you are a long distance cruiser, my question to you is, if you had to start all over again, what do you wish you would have done differently? What would you have liked a person to tell you that would change your experience? What would you have changed on the boat you purchased? Is it worth it to go a sailing school to learn to drive a larger boat? The largest I have piloted is about 22 feet.
I am excited to glean as much information as possible from this forum since I have some time. My wife is really excited about this and she is on board to learn as well. Any information will help. We have already started to buy books to read and we plan to start chartering boats to learn more about them. However, I have found that a lot of companies will not charter a boat unless you know how to sail, so I need ideas with that too.
Thank you very much! I look forward to any responses!
My wife, two younger boys, and I have a goal to cruise the Caribbean for a year in five years. This would put my boys at 10 years old and 15 years old. We have no ocean boating experience but we do own a power boat that we use on the lakes here in Idaho. I have grown up around these types of boats and love using ours.
If you are a long distance cruiser, my question to you is, if you had to start all over again, what do you wish you would have done differently? What would you have liked a person to tell you that would change your experience? What would you have changed on the boat you purchased? Is it worth it to go a sailing school to learn to drive a larger boat? The largest I have piloted is about 22 feet.
I am excited to glean as much information as possible from this forum since I have some time. My wife is really excited about this and she is on board to learn as well. Any information will help. We have already started to buy books to read and we plan to start chartering boats to learn more about them. However, I have found that a lot of companies will not charter a boat unless you know how to sail, so I need ideas with that too.
Thank you very much! I look forward to any responses!