As sweet as that dream sounds ... two people in 28 foot sailboat crossing the pacific... sounds like a very horrible way to die.
Take it from a former Navy sailor... you'll need a lot more than what you realize in order to complete this trip alive.
1) Crew. You need more than 2 people. Even if you drop anchor at night you will drift. Even Navy ships with 20,000 pound anchors drift around the anchor, so your little boat will too. This means you have to keep an eye on the helm. If you only have 2 people that's going to get VERY tiring.
And that's not factoring in the navigation adjustments, keeping logs, and tensions from being cooped up with just one other person.
2) Supplies. Do you know how much food and water it takes to supply a ship or boat? You need to learn that... and then you'll find out that your ship doesn't have enough space to hold it all.
Plus - fresh water. You might be in the ocean but if you start drinking sea water your death will be very painful.
3) As another poster stated - FL to PI is not a straight shot like you imagined. I know how long it takes a steam-powered ship to go from CA to HI. Even that would take a 2 man sailboat several weeks to complete.
Don't get me wrong - sailors have been crossing the ocean for centuries on sail-power alone. But they did it in much bigger ships with a real crew. And they were prepared.
IIN to obsess about wanting to sail across the pacific in a small boat
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As sweet as that dream sounds ... two people in 28 foot sailboat crossing the pacific... sounds like a very horrible way to die.
Take it from a former Navy sailor... you'll need a lot more than what you realize in order to complete this trip alive.
1) Crew. You need more than 2 people. Even if you drop anchor at night you will drift. Even Navy ships with 20,000 pound anchors drift around the anchor, so your little boat will too. This means you have to keep an eye on the helm. If you only have 2 people that's going to get VERY tiring.
And that's not factoring in the navigation adjustments, keeping logs, and tensions from being cooped up with just one other person.
2) Supplies. Do you know how much food and water it takes to supply a ship or boat? You need to learn that... and then you'll find out that your ship doesn't have enough space to hold it all.
Plus - fresh water. You might be in the ocean but if you start drinking sea water your death will be very painful.
3) As another poster stated - FL to PI is not a straight shot like you imagined. I know how long it takes a steam-powered ship to go from CA to HI. Even that would take a 2 man sailboat several weeks to complete.
Don't get me wrong - sailors have been crossing the ocean for centuries on sail-power alone. But they did it in much bigger ships with a real crew. And they were prepared.