{"id":1073,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:11:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:11:38","slug":"setting-up-a-blue-water-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/setting-up-a-blue-water-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Up a Blue Water Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p> My dream has been to make a passage across the Atlantic and some extended cruising. Over the years this has been out of the realm of possibility because, well, I couldn&#8217;t afford more than a used sunfish (hard to sleep on and no head). Well, now I have been given a Tylercraft T26 it&#8217;s a fairly heavy 26&#8242; 2&quot; 4-foot draft iron keel boat. It was built in 1975 and the standing rigging was replaced 7-8 years ago. In the electronics dept it&#8217;s well equipped (radar etc.). I&#8217;m going to have to rework the cabin and have looked at improving it&#8217;s seaworthiness ( decreasing cockpit volume increasing scupper volume etc.) Do you have any thoughts on a boat of this size and blue water sailing with the caveat that I would carefully plan routes, seasons, to pick the best times and latitudes to travel? Thanks! Nathan F. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p>Hi Nathan: Don&#8217;t worry about boat size. More important to have good ground tackle, storm sails, and reliable albeit basic structure and systems. And most important, are your seamanship skills. Finally, don&#8217;t assume you can plan your way around weather. Assume the worst&#8211;and you probably be in good shape. Steve <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dream has been to make a passage across the Atlantic and some extended cruising. Over the years this has <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/setting-up-a-blue-water-boat\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-general-cruising-faqs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36258,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions\/36258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}