Gregory's ServerSpent the evening yesterday with people who've also sailed to japan and back. They did it in a 35' long sailing vessel that they built themselves. They said that back in the 70s, that length was considered long compared to the average.
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  @neauoire I wish I had pictures of the 48’ sailboat I toured on Quadra Island. This was in the mid 90s so I had to just trust the classified ad until I went and saw it for myself. For one, 3-4 ft bowsprit. For two, it was made out of basically 6-8” wide timbers. So the inside was TINY with basically no headroom. The electrical system? A car battery and then one of those Frankenstein lab switches rusting as it was screwed directly into the wood beams. Cloth sails, of course. |
Nowdays, the word on the street is that a bigger longer ship is safer. But problems never get smaller by getting a larger vessel.