Just got back from Bahamas

delevi · Post by **delevi** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:35 pm

Got plenty of pix here: http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj25 ... amas%2008/

Will post more details later. Enjoy.

A few videos too:

KayakDan · Post by **KayakDan** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:49 am

Nice Pics!
How was your charter boat?

delevi · Post by **delevi** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:06 am

40' Benetau. Fabulous boat. Plenty of space for me and the admiral. Sails very well. She would sail even better with a nice set of sails on her. I hit hull speed once (8 kts) Not enough wind after that. She is very stable though. Regardless, when it was blowing 25-30, needed both reefs, otherwise she wanted to round, despite the massive keel. 6' draft made it a real challange to navigate the waters where average depth was about 12 feet. Most harbors are just a hair over 6' at high tide.

Leon

jeffz · Post by **jeffz** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:05 pm

Looks like fun. Do you need to complete a certified course to charter?

delevi · Post by **delevi** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:19 pm

No. Just need to have a good sailing resume. Once the charter company approves you, yo're good to go. At least this is how it works with the large companies. Not sure about the smaller ones.

L.

KayakDan · Post by **KayakDan** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:27 am

jeffz wrote:Looks like fun. Do you need to complete a certified course to charter?

Moorings/Footloose/Sunsail (all the same outfit) have an online resume you can send to find out what you qualify to sail. They're looking for experience with anchoring/mooring/stern anchor/docking,more than how big a boat you sail. They are fairly relaxed about qualifying.

RickJ · Post by **RickJ** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:29 am

KayakDan wrote:They're looking for experience with anchoring/mooring/stern anchor/docking

I.e. all the things where you're most likely to crash it if you don't know what you're doing.

Makes sense from their POV. The likelyhood of breaking or sinking it in clear water even if inexperienced is probably minimal.

Post by **Russ** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:36 am

RickJ wrote:
KayakDan wrote:They're looking for experience with anchoring/mooring/stern anchor/docking
I.e. all the things where you're most likely to crash it if you don't know what you're doing.

Makes sense from their POV. The likelyhood of breaking or sinking it in clear water even if inexperienced is probably minimal.

Yea, it would seem they are more concerned about you scratching their boat than you drowning.

RickJ · Post by **RickJ** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:52 pm

RussMT wrote:Yea, it would seem they are more concerned about you scratching their boat than you drowning.

Their insurance v. yours

Matt19020 · Post by **Matt19020** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:21 pm

I love my Mac but a 40' Benateau is on my wish list...Nice Pics and we are jealous here..
We have a 45' Jeanneau chartered in 2 weeks from Rock Hall MD, to Annapolis and Baltimore and then my boat is back in from the winter lay up.....

tangentair · Post by **tangentair** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:35 am

I expect that my next boat will be determined by where we retire to. I think the ideal situation is a home on the inland waterway or a canal leading to it, with a 42 foot tied to the dock and the MAC (paid for and well used) sitting in the driveway. I haven't completely thought out my hurricane plan but taking an interstate north with a well stocked MAC in tow seems doable. Maybe hide the 42 ft in August, head for the Great Lakes and slowing work our way back to TX, FL or AL in December.

Dimitri-2000X-Tampa · Post by **Dimitri-2000X-Tampa** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:44 pm

I guess even if you like to sail, to get the ultimate luxury vacation, you could always hire a skipper with the boat. Then you can sail only if you felt like it and leave most of the work to someone else.

MacGregorSailors.com

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Just got back from Bahamas

Just got back from Bahamas