Originally Posted by
tyrion
I used to sail. Stepfather had a 41' yawl. He sailed all over the Pacific and I made the leg from Hawaii to California. TBH it was kind of rough for me as a teenager - boring, stir-crazy, **** food, and cold salt water bathing. And Jaws had just come out and we watched it right before we set out - that was probably a mistake.
But there are few experiences like seeing land after 20 days at sea, having avoided the giant sharks.
If I were to bring a bike on an ocean cruise it would be a cheap aluminum junker. Steel rusts so fast out there. You'd have to keep everything slathered in grease.
Wow you've had some interesting experiences!
Yeah I think the only practical way I could combine the two activities is to leave the bike ashore while out on a bareboat charter. My bike's so huge it'd always be in the way otherwise
I've heard a lot of people doing the ride to Argentina cross the Darien Gap via sailboat but that must be annoying as all hell unless they are huge boats. Can you imagine ? Sure couldn't do that on my tiny boat.