Man, that sounds incredible, happy sailing & safe travels. I expect you to add at least 1 foot to each fish you catch, when telling your fishing story's lol 

Dan,Now, that's a boat!!!
Do you bring fishing gear to supplement your protein while underway?
I would be dragging a meat line for fresh tune. You guys are going to have a ball, be safe out there, and take loads of photos. I will be living vicariously though you . I need an adventure bad.
Thank you for the boat details, and photos.
Enjoy !!!
Dan.
Perfect, those are both great reels with good drag systems.Dan,
I have a medium Penn Squall II combo along with a Penn Battle III med/heavy 8' combo. Along with that I keep a bottom rig and several trolling lures for Mahi, tuna and whatever else wants to bite.
In the pic you see the Battle III with the Carolina rig. We caught a few mangrove snapper on that particular rig!
Our first sailboat was an old Cherubini Hunter 25 we sailed on Carlyle Lake in Illinois. Back then we drove a Jeep Wrangler and it would wreak havoc on The Better 9/10ths back. After a day of heeling (she called it healing) she'd sleep all the way back to St Peters!I have never sailed on a boat of that size. I would love to crew for you for a day. Would need some schooling for sure. My dad and I used to race sailboats (years ago), and pleasure sailed (of course), but we were lake sailing with 22 - 25 feet long boboats.
Will do!Have a great time! Look me up when you get to Washington. We sail the San Juan’s and Puget Sound!
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She is beautiful! Graceful and capable.1981 Tartan 37.
And the boats not bad either....sorry I couldn't leave that one hanging.She is beautiful! Graceful and capable.
Trust me, you're not wrong! I chose wisely.And the boats not bad either....sorry I couldn't leave that one hanging.![]()
Our first sailboat was an old Cherubini Hunter 25 we sailed on Carlyle Lake in Illinois. Back then we drove a Jeep Wrangler and it would wreak havoc on The Better 9/10ths back. After a day of heeling (she called it healing) she'd sleep all the way back to St Peters!
Add to that the fact that when built by the ACoE (to help with the Kaskaskia River flooding problems), the lake was fifteen miles long and little over three wide, but then the added the bridge and cut us down to nine miles. The shallow shores brought the sailable width to just over a mile. Still, we loved it and the people at the West Access Marina.Lake Carlyle was so shallow in places we had to pull the centerboard up to get "unstuck"! It took a while to figure out where we could sail and where to stay away from.
We had the same problem with the Columbia. It looks wide, but is shallow outside of the channel. We love the Puget Sound and San Juans. So much space. You just have to keep an eye out for ferries and shipping. Some of them move over 20 knots! AIS and radar are a big help.It took a while to figure out where we could sail and where to stay away from.