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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
Does that Village People song play in your head non-stop?
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No.
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Originally Posted by dlish
has anyone that you have heard of sailed/motored/rowed around the world in a dinghy?
if not, is it do-able?
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No, but it's probably do-able with a large support staff. Just remember, in some countries they make you pay for the cost of the rescue operation, which if they are searching for you with a couple of C-130's, helicopters, maybe a ship or two, the cost can get into the millions very easily!
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Is a British tar a soaring soul, as free as a mountain bird?
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Not the ones I've met. In terms of adventuresome people, it's usually Swedes and Kiwi's that you meet all over the world. Sometimes the same ones.
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Originally Posted by uncle phil
do you really sail your boat, or just steer it while the propeller does its thing?
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Nowdays I navigate where it goes, but it's the wheelsman's job to either steer or set the autopilot. When I was on sailing ships, then it was steered by hand, day or night, rain or shine. When yachties used to come onboard in the tropics, one of the first questions they would ask is if we had an autopilot on board. We said, "Sure. 35 of them!"
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Originally Posted by LordEden
Can I come work on the ship? Really, I want too.
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Sailing ships are all over the place in the USA. Here's a few links:
Picton Castle (my home for 3 years, offers round the world voyages for $$$):
American Sail Training Association
Great Lakes Maritime Academy
Seafarer's International Union of North America
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Originally Posted by Halx
Are there any women sailors?
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Absolutely. On the Picton Castle, half of our crew was women. Most ships that I work on now have one or 2 women on board, but the commercial ships that I work on now is a very male dominated society.