youngbuck trying to start cruising

[sharkbait]

You don't need half the crap these AFOC's say you do.I bought a 1971 Cal 29 for $4000,put some cheap used sails on it and went to Costa Rica.I was planning to go to the Marquesas,but I blew most of my money on dope and whores,the rest I wasted.

What I'm getting is that it don't take much boat,it does take some money.Spend less on dope and food.Save it for the broads.

[camaraderie]

My generation isn't that much of a loss,we are the ones who are gonna have to clean up all the pollution and environmental problems left for us to deal with.
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Living...check out this quote about college environmental activism:

"Rising concern about the environmental crisis is sweeping the nation's campuses with an intensity that may be on its way to eclipsing student discontent over the war "

Do you think that is true?
It was written 39 years ago when I was in college...just prior to the first Earth Day...and during the Vietam War.
Life is like a circle...
Take your place on
The Great Mandella
As it moves through your brief moment of time.
Win or lose now,
You must choose now,
And if you lose you're only losing your life.
PPM...1969

[Stillraining]

You are an old fart after all..

[Livinondreams]

camaraderie, I am a geology major right now,and the environmental problems are a big topic all my teachers talk about. But honestly, I think that alot of the kids don't show enough concern and just think that someone else will deal with it,but I also know alot of kids who are very invovled. Last year a teacher and students from my college went to Borough Alaska to study changes of ice thicknesses due to global warming. They had a big presentation about it a couple months ago and a fair amount of people showed up to learn about the problems of global warming. They are going back this year for new measurments, I would love to join them but you have to be either a junior or senior to go. Now about it eclipsing student discontent over the war,not sure about that.

[denby]

Cam,

I'm going to start calling you pappy. I didn't know you were that old.

[Stillraining]

does take an act of congress it seems...but we are making some progress amidst our setbacks... The super fund cleaned up a horrendous arsenic polluting old dump site here in Washington a couple years back...It was used by The U of W and Tod shipyard amongst others to dump hazardous waste...which was leaching arsenic into the bay...

We dont want to leave the planet a mess for you but change comes slow and reversing it even slower...

They also just recently found some old PCB laden transformers beneath Grand Coulee dam that had Been dumped in the river back decades ago...so its more involved then just one generations problum to try and rectify.

[Stillraining]

Three of my closest friends are in that field...Two at Hanford here in Washington...They say they have 20 years of cleanup work yet to do there...Just a tip for you incase your interested..

[kwaltersmi]

Sure you can do it on $10k.

I personally wouldn't. I'd start by getting the boat and taking a slow trip down the east coast and then mess around in the Bahamas/Caribbean for a couple of seasons before I decided if the world was my goal. Or perhaps move on to Central America/Mexico for another season. Then maybe Hawaii and the South Pacific.

Take it in stages. You don't need to make any big decisions immediately.

[Freesail99]

camaraderie, I am a geology major right now,and the environmental problems are a big topic all my teachers talk about.

Hmmmm, didn't you say you were not in college and didn't want to attend ?

and about the college thing I feel that there is no better time then now and school will always be here waiting for me

[Bayfield36]

Good for you buddy. I wish that I would have know about this life when I was 18. I did not get into the dream until I was 30 and dreamt about it for ten years, while reading, reasearching, asking questions, visiting boat shows, bugging boat owners at the docks. It's all a great ride though looking back at it. The dream is part of the fun.

This past year my wife and I bought a Bayfield 36 and are in the process of learning everyday. We are having a blast with it and are really happy with the decision. We hope to cut the lines someday and sail south.

There are a lot of people here giving good advice, take it all but and sort out what will work for you.

As far as if you should be doing this or not. Life is short and can be shorter for some people, you never know. If you are dreaming about this and have the means to get out there and do it. Then I say do it. People have done worse things with their time. College can wait. Someone said the the sea will still be there. Well, so will the 9 to 5 grind waiting in traffic to punch a clock somewhere and sit at a desk dreaming about what you could have done. Then life can roll on and the next thing you know there are just too many things holding you where you are that the idea of cutting the docklines is just too complicated.

Agian, take everyone's two cents and in the end make your own decisions. Best of luck in your endevours, I think you are on the right track.