Calling All Sailors...

NY535iManual wrote: In reply to DrBoost: Isn't a canoe a post about working at home but making $27,358 per week? I thought I was doing folks a favor by posting a link with pictures of a spectacularly gorgeous boat. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. ;) Edited to add smiley face at end! ;)

you were / are … don't worry about him …

pinchvalve wrote: I was a Navy Seal, does that count? (If you know me, the image of me as a Navy Seal has you rolling on the floor right now...)

I was playing a practice round for our member-guest golf tournament several yrs ago .. and while waiting for the jam up to clear at #5 I was talking to an elderly gentleman in the group ahead …

somehow it got around to the Navy, and he said he really didn't understand the "new" Navy … the last time he was in Charleston he saw something he never in his wildest dreams thought he'd see … a pregnant Boatswain's mate …LOL

and the hook to your post is that he was a UDT beach clearer during WWll

Wow, I would think there would be tons of interest for this. Sounds like a blast

I wanted to be in the navy but I kept getting caught in the submarine hatch.

If she is so lonely who is taking all the pictures???

Work internet doesn't want me to see the pictures. I'll assume it's just a picture of a Schooner.

In reply to Ethnic Food-Wrap Aficionado:

I don't know if your work computer will not show any pictures or just from that site so here are a couple. You know, just in case

If I wasn't married I would seriously contact her. That opportunity would be amazing.

Nick_Comstock wrote:

Those lifelines are a mess.

Also, you all do understand that it takes a very crazy sort of person to single hand a 40 foot boat long haul like that, even more so for 10 years, right? Nobody in their right mind does that. Getting dumped in the middle of the ocean might actually be a possibility here.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: Also, you all do understand that it takes a very crazy sort of person to single hand a 40 foot boat long haul like that, even more so for 10 years, right? Nobody in their right mind does that. Getting dumped in the middle of the ocean might actually be a possibility here.

I would do it.. but I have my eyes set on a nice 28 foot double-ended cutter.. so does doing it on a boat only 2/3s the size make me even more crazy?

Something about her story does not add up though.. sailing -is- hard work.. especially long haul like that. Her boat looks immaculate and she has quite a collection of bikinis. Most liveaboards, due the amount of space needed for food stores, water, and spare parts, would barely have a single bikini to their name.. at least not one you would want shown on a website or in any photos

In reply to mad_machine:

Less crazy, smaller boat, easier to operate with only two arms. Though I suppose the cutter rig adds another sheet to keep track of. Still crazy to go out on open water alone, in anything, so much stuff to go horribly, lethally, wrong, that generally doesn't with a extra person or two around.

I agree something doesn't add up, though it is only one person on a 40 footer.

The article states that she is sponsored by Patagonia. I'm sure they have a line on some swimsuits.

hey, bikinis don't take up much storage space. It's actually just wise packing....

Also, it mentioned that she uses the camera timer to take a lot of the pictures. If that's the case, her timer's a better photographer than most people I know, but then I guess 10 years is a lot of empty time to practice and sort through the crap shots for the good ones.

I think I saw something about her blog on sailnet. Have to see if I can find the reference. I'm sure it's not the perfect story the media is selling, but I have a lot of respect for anyone doing that. Even if it's 50% marketing, it's still 50% badass. The fact that she's photogenic is just a bonus.

EDIT Direct to her blog: http://swellvoyage.com/

ultraclyde wrote: EDIT Direct to her blog: http://swellvoyage.com/

Well, now I have taken far too much time reading into her blog. I focused on the part, about the boat which is highly detailed.
In the comments section she then gets contacted by the original owners son. How cool. From there, more contact with other past owners. Yeah, a Cal 40 is that kind of boat!

Ethnic Food-Wrap Aficionado wrote: Work internet doesn't want me to see the pictures. I'll assume it's just a picture of a Schooner.

Ha ha ha ha. You dumb bastard. It's not a schooner... it's a Sailboat.

I'm amazed at how much round the world sailing can be done in a bikini under sunny skies, just off a Sandy beach near a professional photographer. The top of the mast shot? Underwater? Not sure what is going on there but a lonely girl needing help is not.

Still, enjoyable photos anyway.

I'm thinking that the only first mate she is looking for is one that would look good in a Patagonia catalog. I think the marketing/social media types at that company will be the ones who decide who, if anyone, gets added to the crew.

bearmtnmartin wrote: I'm amazed at how much round the world sailing can be done in a bikini under sunny skies, just off a Sandy beach near a professional photographer. The top of the mast shot? Underwater? Not sure what is going on there but a lonely girl needing help is not. Still, enjoyable photos anyway.

to be honest.. unless you are doing it non-stop.. most "sailing" is done anchored somewhere. There are only a few legs that are actually long slogs without anyplace to seek shelter

alfadriver wrote: A few years ago, the video of a young group of people sailing for a year was posted. I thought that would be tough. Good for her, and I really wish I could do something like that.

If you really want to loose some time, click back to this GRM thread of a couple years ago about sailing.
It is where I added the link to the group of young, hippy sailors and their film, Hold Fast
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/my-sailboat/66889/page1/

Also in there you will find WhiteSpotPirates which is a video blog of another chick doing similar. German girl sailing out of Panama.

Here is The Trailer to a documentary film that I watched via Netflix about a 13 yr old Dutch girl who sailed around the world, solo.

Nick_Comstock wrote: In reply to Ethnic Food-Wrap Aficionado:

Sadly, in every story I have read of sailors in the Bahamas and the other more deserted islands of the world.. they are -all- covered in plastic trash like that