Think I'll Try Something Stupid
All,
It took quite some time, after years of indoctrination, but I finally
convinced my wife that we should get rid of our twenty-foot center-console
monohull and buy a catamaran.
In June we took possession of a 1997 Grady-White F26 Tigercat and began the
task of rigging it the way we want it (bimini for her, Magma grill for me).
We'll probably do something to the electronics sometime down the line, but
as long as the Raymarine radar and chartplotter work, we'll stick with them.
For years, I've dreamed of cruising the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. And
so, if all works as planned, come mid-April we (the boat and I) will depart
Tampa Bay (for those who are geographically challenged, we're on Florida's
west coast) and run down to Fort Myers on the Gulf ICW, cross the Okeechobee
Waterway to Stuart, and proceed up to Norfolk. Then turn around and retrace
our route.
Our budget will only allow us to spend every third night in a marina with
the plan to anchor the other nights. Without a galley, I hope to use the
Magma to heat water for my morning coffee and the evening's freeze-dried
meal.
That's about all I have and hope subscribers will give me suggestions about
how I can make this trip more enjoyable.
Guy Mandigo
Ruskin, FL, USA
Guy,
Please tell us more about your boat. This year we were coming up the
Tenn-Tom and met a husband and wife that we on a 25 ft Carolina skiff that
was going from
Mobile, Al to Kentucky Lake for the summer they had a tent and spent nights
on sand bars etc.
They were in there 60 and were having the time of there life.
Go for it, with a bail out plan if it not your cup of tea.
Rich
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Subject: [PCW] Think I'll Try Something Stupid
All,
It took quite some time, after years of indoctrination, but I finally
convinced my wife that we should get rid of our twenty-foot center-console
monohull and buy a catamaran.
In June we took possession of a 1997 Grady-White F26 Tigercat and began the
task of rigging it the way we want it (bimini for her, Magma grill for me).
We'll probably do something to the electronics sometime down the line, but
as long as the Raymarine radar and chartplotter work, we'll stick with them.
For years, I've dreamed of cruising the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. And
so, if all works as planned, come mid-April we (the boat and I) will depart
Tampa Bay (for those who are geographically challenged, we're on Florida's
west coast) and run down to Fort Myers on the Gulf ICW, cross the Okeechobee
Waterway to Stuart, and proceed up to Norfolk. Then turn around and retrace
our route.
Our budget will only allow us to spend every third night in a marina with
the plan to anchor the other nights. Without a galley, I hope to use the
Magma to heat water for my morning coffee and the evening's freeze-dried
meal.
That's about all I have and hope subscribers will give me suggestions about
how I can make this trip more enjoyable.
Guy Mandigo
Ruskin, FL, USA
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