Help Me Figure Out the Dream?

HadEnough wrote:
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.

Had,

You may have a good plan for an offshore cat. The two that I personally participated in the rescue/recovery of were both on the large side (50+ & 60+LOA). The larger failed rigging and that damaged a hull. That side flooded and the other was close before we got a pump aboard. The smaller failed the main beam. This caused a loss of the rig. While we were able to recover the hull, it was determined to be not economically salvageable.

In my time doing righting moments of ocean yachts (I have been employed as an NA), I never saw one that had a stable 2. Some of the go-fast ocean racers can have a stable 2, but to comply with the rules of said races, they have to have a means to self-right. There is also very little flooding allowed regardless of attitude.

Whatever, I do wish you fair wind and smooth sea.

In my recent years of dirt based RVing, I have seen many examples and situations that demonstrate that there is a dichotomy of types. What can do well off road, simply cannot be a comfortable living in long term. Those that are comfortable as to living space should not venture off good pavement. I have seen countless examples there.

Whatever, I do wish you cheap fuel and smooth roads.

It looks like we know much the same water. My only deck license was a a coastal pilot Cape Cod Canal to Cape Henlopen less than 100 tons undersail. That has long expired. My parent's last home was in Mystic. But when living on the 13ton ketch we (the family, M,D 3kids & wooly dog) were somewhere between Stone Harbor (ME) and the Virginia Capes. Lots of points south of that later but not with the home.

Matt