Br00tus with his 350 is going for the atlantic!

As I am sure you know, looser intermediates, gives the possibility to bend the mast, flattening the mainsail by pulling the backstay. It will also make the mast flex more espasialy in big waves going against them, so it is important that the intermediate also are tight enhough, although they dont need to be as tight as the two others. I guess the mast will flex less if the intermediates was sett as hard as the two others, but the trimming possibility will also be less. Well, I am not an expert (it might sound like it reading my bad english), but since you worte about the rig and this is for me a point I need to have controll over and it is very interesseting to read about your experience. Ofcourse in all other respects too, both with the boat and the exploration. You are doing what we all just dream about...

 

I also have the noice you have from your boomvang (or what it is called). Quite load noice that I hope is easy to gett ridd of...

 

What are your plans now, do you know what the next move will be?

 

Just a quick post to announce that Doris is for Sale. If I don't sell her here in the Caribbean I will be sailing her back to the UK via the Azores around June time.

 

Full details and pics etc can be found on my blog if anyone is interested.

 

 

 

I really dont care what people think of me, but I do care how they treat me. People do judge you by your boat and it does affect how they treat you and therefore you're overall experience of a place. This has been proven time after time during my stay in the Caribbean, where a large proportion of their income is from 'Yachties', usually rich ones! But you are correct - this is NOT the reason I have decided to sell Doris.

 

As my first boat, I have truly been spoilt by the Hanse and its outstanding saiiling performance. But when I am single handing I tend to reef down hard and sail her at a fraction of what she is capable of, especially as I only have Wind Self Steering.

 

I will miss however, the ability to virtually sail into the wind when compared to what a Gaff rig is capable of! While I havent sailed one yet (looking for the oppurtunity) I understand their limitations.

 

Performance aside, of late I have become more and more interested in older boats and all things nautical such as Celestial navigation etc. I think it would be interesting to dip my toes into a retro world even if just for a short while. Just to get a glimpse of what passage making was like all those years ago for Slocum & Moitessier etc. Maybe its the romance of making a landfall in an old boat using old navigation techniques?

 

Just to be clear I wouldn't hesitate to recomend a Hanse to anyone considering a modern boat - I think both the boats and the company are awsome and both have exceeded my expectations. I am 100% certain that DORIS was exactly the right boat for me to learn to sail in and set off in nearly a year ago. I would however, love to see them produce a sub 30ft boat a H270 perhaps?!?! Being Single Handed a 35ft boat is really overkill for my needs. Yes the waterline is nice for longer passages but Im never usually in a rush.

 

Anyway, I dont imagine she will sell imediately and am therefore still looking forward to the N Atlantic via the Azores in May. I am sure we still have a good few miles to share together yet...