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deploy a drogue or chute? There's always the old "heave to" and roll with it (bare poles). Stuck it out I see. I'm reading a book about (now) about some (white) south africans migrating to the US aboard a 25 ft sloop. He claims he invented a rig (while on board) to fly the jibs (one storm?) "wing and wing" to cut down on the roll during wind coming from aft. Somewhere in the southern hemisphere (atlantic) at present headed west. I've always heard of a doldrum area in the southern atlantic nearish the equator..

What island? Appears to be reasonable equipped from what I can see, but don't detect self steer rig aft (eg aries) or electrical power generation gear (solar, wind). No blue water excursions? 40 ft?

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I used foldable solar on this voyage. Stowed after being at anchor and getting underway.

Despite all my self doxxing, lol at me saying which island...

I only have a drogue aboard, but a chute would make more sense for more serious cruising, like around the horn [which had been my plan when I got her, but so much for that for the time bieing...]

She can heave to like a charm [jib backwinded, main full to weather], but "full keeled" boats always do. But Walkabout is designed originally to be a Thames racer, and has a rather agressively cutawayforefoot to the keel, by late 50s standards, at least.

She's no fin keeler by any stretch of the imagination, but for a "full keel", she's super maneuverable. Aside from in reverse, at which point she's a nightmare.

Shite, son, I think we have some sailing adventures to discuss here! You make me re-remenber specific terms!

I've been too much a goddamned lubber since buying this millstone I call a house!

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I hear the "60's" fiberglass work (over built) is WAY tougher than today's boats (efficient (i before e? EXCEPT after c?)..read as CHEAPER) construction. Sounds like a GOOD blue water boat. Suitable for single hand (my goal at one point). Seems to me, after further reading (TONS of books over the years) going abroad like that, though, is problematic, since MOST (if not ALL) shit skin/nigger nations HATE white people AND Americans AND men (we're all RICH and have PENSIONS and INSURANCE) and enjoy victimizing them in various ways with FULL cooperation of authorities (so I READ anyway). Also, I hear, "they" do NOT report LOST yachts in international waters (or possibly shit skin nations waters), ONLY commercial losses are tracked.

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Well over an inch thick at waterline. Super overbuilt.

We sail fully armed, rifle AND marine magnum shotgun. No need to deploy armaments so far. But everyone hates Americans...

Lots of friends have "canadian passports", but I resist this kind of duplicity, for now,

We're fucked, though. I don't know where we could safely sail. A friend just today mentioned the Maldives, but he's a qfag, so idunno about that,

I figure we will just do as we do, and stay armed and maybe we have a slim chance, in these communist clownworld days... I guess I just pray I die well, taking many enemies with me if that time comes.

My sailor pals all assure me that the rest of the world os cooler than that, but with how things are going, I question how accurate they are, having sailed the world in years past.