Comments on: Generous America http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/08/06/generous-america/ The sailing blog of young Australian, sailing solo half way around the world from Europe to Australia aboard a small boat with small funds! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:55:21 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rhea Pappas http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/08/06/generous-america/comment-page-1/#comment-7903 Rhea Pappas Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:44:50 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=182#comment-7903 http://www.brucepappas.com/Delivery/photos.htm If you do decide to to the erie canal and the great lakes, please hit us up! We have a 40 foot Panda in Duluth, Minnesota and we have sail this course before. We would love to meet up with you or give you tips if need be. I actually am looking to move to Seattle and own my own Contessa 26 or just ship the Panda 40 Pilot House out there. I'm so jealous of your trip. What an amazing experience! Let me know when you'll be around of if you need some advice going through the locks or the lakes... I would recommend shipping your mast if you go through the erie canal, but I don't think it'll be that big of a deal with a 26. The problem is your keel. When they let the water into the locks, it pushes the boat against the lock and sometimes it's so fast that in many cases if we had the mast down the center of the boat, it would have hit and broke... it's just another thing to worry about. Anyways, take care! -Rhea Pappas http://www.brucepappas.com/Delivery/photos.htm
If you do decide to to the erie canal and the great lakes, please hit us up! We have a 40 foot Panda in Duluth, Minnesota and we have sail this course before. We would love to meet up with you or give you tips if need be. I actually am looking to move to Seattle and own my own Contessa 26 or just ship the Panda 40 Pilot House out there. I’m so jealous of your trip. What an amazing experience! Let me know when you’ll be around of if you need some advice going through the locks or the lakes… I would recommend shipping your mast if you go through the erie canal, but I don’t think it’ll be that big of a deal with a 26. The problem is your keel. When they let the water into the locks, it pushes the boat against the lock and sometimes it’s so fast that in many cases if we had the mast down the center of the boat, it would have hit and broke… it’s just another thing to worry about. Anyways, take care!

-Rhea Pappas

]]> By: Nick http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/08/06/generous-america/comment-page-1/#comment-7792 Nick Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:14:21 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=182#comment-7792 @sven - Yes, it would definitely be possible to sail into the great lakes and then truck across - It is still possibly on the cards as the way to go. There is also a time issue - If I can get my boat across this year, I can leave for next years Pacific season, and be home by the end of 2009. If I do the lakes next year, I will not be doing the Pacific until the 2010 season. We'll see what happens though, because the Lakes would be stunning, as well as going up along the east coast (Maine, Nova Scotia etc). @michael - Thank you Michael! @kathy - You never know, I may still end up down that way! Just the offer of arrachera is already swaying me! :) @sven – Yes, it would definitely be possible to sail into the great lakes and then truck across – It is still possibly on the cards as the way to go. There is also a time issue – If I can get my boat across this year, I can leave for next years Pacific season, and be home by the end of 2009. If I do the lakes next year, I will not be doing the Pacific until the 2010 season. We’ll see what happens though, because the Lakes would be stunning, as well as going up along the east coast (Maine, Nova Scotia etc).

@michael – Thank you Michael!

@kathy – You never know, I may still end up down that way! Just the offer of arrachera is already swaying me! :)

]]> By: kathy http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/08/06/generous-america/comment-page-1/#comment-7789 kathy Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:26:00 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=182#comment-7789 I have followed your story forever and was really hoping you'd come south, but it sounds like America is treating you amazingly well. If you ever get back to the Caribbean and the Yucatan peninsula, I'll have a dive boat to guide you through the reef (yes, it is possible, especially in Constellation) and to our little bay and stuff you full of arrachera and tacos al pastor. We're at 20.5 N and 87.2 W. Mas o menos. I have followed your story forever and was really hoping you’d come south, but it sounds like America is treating you amazingly well. If you ever get back to the Caribbean and the Yucatan peninsula, I’ll have a dive boat to guide you through the reef (yes, it is possible, especially in Constellation) and to our little bay and stuff you full of arrachera and tacos al pastor. We’re at 20.5 N and 87.2 W. Mas o menos.

]]> By: tintones http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/08/06/generous-america/comment-page-1/#comment-7761 tintones Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:48:38 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=182#comment-7761 Hey Nick, I enjoy the heck out of your written sharing and also the Rune Monstad link. I think people like you dudes - sorry you're not dudes - you are adventurers - ought to take a course in political science ... or better yet, teach one ! At Harvard ... regards, Michael Hey Nick,

I enjoy the heck out of your written sharing and also the Rune Monstad link.
I think people like you dudes – sorry you’re not dudes – you are adventurers – ought to take a course in political science … or better yet, teach one !
At Harvard …

regards,
Michael

]]> By: sven http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/08/06/generous-america/comment-page-1/#comment-7760 sven Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:11:22 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=182#comment-7760 new york to sanfran? hmm... can you go by boat to the great lakes from new york? and then to vancouver or seattle. don't hit me, i have no clue if that is possible ;-) the northwest coast (vancouver down to sanfran) is great as well! cheers... new york to sanfran? hmm… can you go by boat to the great lakes from new york? and then to vancouver or seattle. don’t hit me, i have no clue if that is possible ;-) the northwest coast (vancouver down to sanfran) is great as well!
cheers…

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