Ocean Crossing?

[TroyVB]

The calendar says Winter starts tomorrow (feels like it's been here for two months already).  Anyway, I was dreaming about warmer climates and that led to wondering how far south I could get with Sanctuary. Which led to this question:

Has anybody ever heard of a CP 16 crossing the ocean?  

If it has happened is there anything written.  I am always looking for good winter reading.  Just wondering.

[crbakdesign]

It's starting to get cold down here in the South too, although I know ya'll would think this is warm.  I'm not sure if anyone would have attempted it by now, particularly since there are many other small boats that have already crossed oceans.  There's a great website, www.microcruising.com which maintains records and many photos of small ocean cruisers.

A great book to start off with is Joshua Slocum's account of his historic first solo circumnavigation at the turn of the century.  There's a story I read years ago about a fellow up in New England, Blackburn I believe was his name.  I know there's one or two books about him.  Lost nearly all his fingers while dory fishing as a young man .  Returned to sea and crossed the Atlantic several times in small boats just to prove he could do it.  I'm sure other's may have some suggestions as well.  Let me know if you hear of any great voyages in a Com-pac.

[crbakdesign]

Just ran across an interesting on-line account of a "Grand Loop voyage in a CP-23 in 1989.

 http://www.ipass.net/sailboat/rscover.htm

Fellow by the name of Summers, 89 years old, bought a 16 ft boat and learned how to sail.  Then purchased a CP-23 and set out to sail around the Eastern half of the US.  Interesting account.

[TroyVB]

Thanks for the info.  The microcruising website is really interesting.  That couple has taken a small boat a long way.

I'll take a look at the other as well.

[Gil Weiss]

I'll stick with lake and bay sailing . . . I have personally experienced two crossings of the Atlantic Ocean. One was in a 900 foot long boat almost 10 stories high. We ran through a full gale during the five day trip and almost lost the boat. My second exeperience was in a 400 foot long boat, took 10 days but the weather was fine so it was easy.

At this point reading about crossing the ocean is just fine.

[sawyer]

Hey neighbor, you can come down to Croton Pond and put your portable ice shanty up and sail across on a windy day.  Crossing the pond instead of the ocean.  I drove over the dam at Hardy yesterday and it was all open water, albeit cold I'm sure, but it looked like the launch was frozen over.  The picture of your boat is a spitting image of ours..

                                             Doug  CP-16  "Yet Un-Named"

[TroyVB]

I am with you Gil.  I will stick to reading about crossing the ocean.  I've never done it, but the adventurer in me would love to some day.  Its a lot harder to keep him quiet when the water is solid.

Doug, thanks for the invite to Croton Dam, read a story on the yahoo site about a Frozen Turkey Sail, but I guess I'll wait til spring.  I used to be able to handle the winter better, once Christmas is past I will be looking for the warm-up.

Throw another log on the fire.

[K3v1n]

It has been cold here in Jersey for sure but with the last few warmer days I've got a touch of spring fever. Don't worry I know it won't last, I'm sure there is still snow on the way some time. At any rate, I did pull the tarp back on my CP and crawled into the cockpit for a bit dreaming of an early spring thaw.

Hang in there the days are growing longer.  

[Gil Weiss]

I too had a touch of Spring Fever here in SE Pennsylvania. I went and visited my CP16 while it spends the winter at a local marina yard. Steppin' Up is well wrapped so I did not attemt to climb inside. I visit her every few weeks . . .