[C320-list] Moving to Maine- need some advice

[Mike Mellon]

Ron, you offered a great, helpful reply with some valuable information 
and motivation.  Thanks.

Mike Mellon
LaVida Santa Cruz

On 6/17/2021 6:58 PM, RONALD HODEL wrote:
> May I offer an idea.
>
> We sailed our 320 to Mexico from Dana Point and spent a year there. IT WAS AWESOME! (And the boat did really great. We did the Baha ha ha and being the 2nd shortest boat in a fleet of 100 boats, we always were middle of the fleet. Gerry Douglas called our boat a wolf in sheep’s clothing.) If I were in your shoes (and I hope to be soon), I would sail south, spend the winter in Bandaras Bay and the Mexican Riviera, sail north for summer in the Sea of Cortez for hurricane season (people that sail throughout the South Pacific said that if they had come to the sea first, they would have never left), then in the winter, head south through Mexico, down through Central America to Costa Rica. Here’s where you have options. You could keep going through the the canal (what an experience) and over to the San Blas, etc and then back through the canal to Costa Rica where you could have your boat loaded onto a freighter (seven seas transport) and have them do the uphill lifting to Florida. (You could also check with Panama Posse about sailing north through the Caribbean but we have a short waterline - nevertheless, get the right conditions and you can do it). From Florida, I know NOTHING.
>
> Cost a lot of money. Yes it will. But so the f %$#@^*ing what!!!!! (The $$$ is going to be worthless anyway.) The experience will last forever in your memories. You’ll have amazing stories. The people in Mexico and Central America are WONDERFUL. We NEVER felt threatened, ever. We get hassled more by harbor patrol in So Cal than we ever did in Mexico.
>
> BUT don’t go unprepared. I can help you with that if you’re interested.
>
> If you want to talk, I’ve thought about the whole trip to Panama and I’d be happy to get together and talk.
>
> Ron Hodel
> #1070 Lokomaikai
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jun 17, 2021, at 5:25 PM, Ken McCrimmon <kenmccrimmon at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> How about sailing her down to the canal, then back up the east coast.  We could do it as a relay, anybody up for a trip
>>
>> Ken
>> ________________________________
>> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> on behalf of Mark Cole <boatnboot at me.com>
>> Sent: June 17, 2021 7:49 PM
>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Moving to Maine- need some advice
>>
>> Hi, Crosby;
>>
>> Congratulations on what sounds like retirement!  There was an article in Sail magazine a few months back that discussed the pros and cons of trucking a sailboat.  It had a pretty complete list of questions to ask the trucking company plus a list of costs involved.  And, like Jack mentioned, you must consider yard cost at both ends of the trip to decommission and then recommission the boat.
>>
>> Some friends of mine found their perfect boat near Chicago and had it trucked to the Puget Sound and the yard costs shocked them.  They still say they would do it again, but now have a better picture of all factors involved.
>>
>> Mark Cole
>> Fiddler’s Green #8
>> Smooth seas never made a good sailor.
>>
>>> On Jun 17, 2021, at 3:37 PM, Jack Brennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Crosby:
>>>
>>> A friend of ours who needed an unusual sailboat, a Beneteau with a retractable keel, bought it in California and had it shipped to western Florida several years back. I believe it cost him 10-15K in all, but he had no choice because the canal behind his home has tide issues.
>>>
>>> You can find boat transport companies on the web – yachtworld and the like, I believe – and get up-to-date quotes. You also have to figure in yard costs on both ends.
>>>
>>> That really brings up the big question: just how much do you love your 320? Is it the perfect boat you’ve spent years getting just right, or is it just a boat that you like?
>>>
>>> Personally, I’ve spent so much time getting my 320 right that I would only trade it for a turnkey vessel. I wouldn’t be able to face another year or two or tinkering and upgrading and fixing.
>>>
>>> The deep waters of the Northeast would allow you to have a sailboat with one of those monster keels that point so close to the wind. But, if you plan to sail south toward Florida and the Bahamas someday, the shallower keel of the 320 would work better.
>>>
>>> Good luck with your decision.
>>>
>>> Jack Brennan
>>> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
>>> Tierra Verde, Fl.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>>
>>> From: Crosby Roper
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 12:03 PM
>>> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>>> Subject: [C320-list] Moving to Maine- need some advice
>>>
>>> Hi Group,
>>>
>>> I recently sold my practice in San Diego and my wife, and I have bought a home in Bristol, Maine. We are trying to decide whether to ship our 2004 C320 across country or to sell her. For now, we are going to leave her in San Diego for the winter, but come spring, we need to make a decision. Does anyone in the group have any "local knowledge" of Maine sailing? Has anyone shipped their boat across the country? Thanks for any input you can share.
>>>
>>> Crosby  Roper VMD
>>> s/v Tethys # 1054
>>> San Diego, Ca
>>>
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