Help Me Figure Out the Dream?

Matt_Colie wrote:
Well Had,

I think that your targets are farther than you think. While you can travel lots of places in a US built coach, people do this all the time. I also see European registered coaches in our travels on land. The cost is not trivial, but it can be done. You can also lease coaches at many port cities. I have classmates that have done this.

You are not the first I know to have been shut down by chemical sensitivities. Even if you change suppliers, the major components a still very similar.

If you don't like the motion of a monohull, then you might also consider that multihulls get less stable with "Theta"(angle of heal - this site can't make that character) and all have a serious stable 2 issue. Stable 2 being fully inverted and often has a better "righting moment" than does stable 1. They are also much more likely to break up in bad sea conditions. Having the boat leave you is a very bad day at sea.

From a naval architect, licensed marine engineer, boat builder and lifelong waterman

Matt

I appreciate your input Matt, but where are you getting your information about catamarans from?. Breaking up? That's never even happened in history. This isn't some random piece of junk. It's a corecell/glass epoxy resin infused meticulously built Catamaran with finite element analysis computer stress modeling dictating the entire design. One of the best in the world.

I've been actively sailing and traveling by boat for 25-30 years now. Full timing it. I think I've Had Enough with boats which is where my username here comes from. I've been from Venezuela to Nova Scotia and everywhere in between. A lot of it on smaller catamarans. And monohulls. And I've spent time doing professional charters.

Now certainly a vast majority of boats are more stable inverted. Just look at all the power vessels that end up capsized. With no keel, they stay that way. But this cat was also set up for the rough stuff in case I was too dumb to do my weather homework. It has absolutely nothing below the waterline in storm mode. No rudders, no keels, no props, absolutely nothing to trip on. It states all over and stays upright. All of that retracts.

Way off topic for an RV forum. Sorry folks.

Anyway, you're definitely right about the chemicals. I can't do them anymore. Severe epoxy problems.

Issue is I want to travel. In something comfortable. And see places. And have a home that goes everywhere. But it's time to go international.