right boat size???

[82rude]

I don't know as I'm a fresh water motor head but is 24 feet big enough to be thinking about jaunting around the Caribbean?Ok Floridians educate me .Seems small to me .https://globalnews.ca/news/4022034/...icle&utm_medium=MostPopular&utm_campaign=2014

 

[82rude]

I do feel bad for them that's terrible luck.

 

[Scott Danforth]

friends of mine head to the bahamas and exhumas every few years in their sail boat.. its a 37' ketch, and when a storm hits, that is a bit small according to them.

many people go back and forth between florida and bahamas in small boats. just need to watch the weather. its only 45 miles from Ft liquordale or Miami to Bimini

 

[JoLin]

A sailboat is a different animal. 24' seems a little small, but perfectly do-able if the daily run is kept to a reasonable length and you keep a close eye on the weather. A few years ago I met a couple at a boat show in FL. They and their 2 teenage sons had sailed over from France in a 25'er, AND they'd made that trip several times. Took them about a week to make the transit. I thought they were nuts, but they insisted it was perfectly fine if you know what you're doing.

My .02

 

[Maclin]

Sounds like the plot to the All Is Lost movie. More of an open ocean scenario in the movie, but the shipping container was just bobbing around waiting for something to interact with. That is scary to me, the unknown that can take you out even if your own competency is above average. More and more junk out there from accidents, and more and more less than competent sailors it seems. I do feel bad for them.

 

[82rude]

Only recent time ive been out in the salty stuff was on a one of a kind cat (60 footer) with twin 1100 hp turbo diesels.

 

[aspeck]

According to the story it was a 28'er, not a 24'er. It wasn't the waves that sunk 'er it was hitting something that was submerged, and that will sink anything if it is hit hard enough ... ask the owners of the Titanic. Now, having everything you own on a 28'er with no insurance and no back-up plan, that is a little, um, crazy. The size of the vessel is boarderline at best, but if you know what you are doing and pay attention to the weather it is doable, unless you hit something submerged. Then all bets are off.

 

[WIMUSKY]

According to the story it was a 28'er, not a 24'er. It wasn't the waves that sunk 'er it was hitting something that was submerged, and that will sink anything if it is hit hard enough ... ask the owners of the Titanic. Now, having everything you own on a 28'er with no insurance and no back-up plan, that is a little, um, crazy. The size of the vessel is boarderline at best, but if you know what you are doing and pay attention to the weather it is doable, unless you hit something submerged. Then all bets are off.

I heard it was a sandbar, which should have been on the charts, if the story is true...

 

[Old Ironmaker]

MOD EDIT - Is it hard to stay on topic?

 

[WIMUSKY]

See above.

 

[Maclin]

I viewed an interview with the couple, and the interviewer had some comments after. Basically said that the keel bolts on the nearly 50 year old boat were probably corroded and when they hit the sand bar the keel broke off. He said this was based on some comments the couple made, was real sure it was not a submerged "object". Interviewer came off as very knowledgeable on the areas the couple had traversed.

 

[redneck joe]

Selling everything you have to buy a boat is not very sensible, not insuring your 'home' is even less sensible. Glad they - and the dog - are safe.