[Public-List] We are looking for Richard, his partner and INTO THE BLUE

Jeffrey fongemie at gmail.com
Thu Oct 14 17:29:10 PDT 2010


I, for one, would love to read more on this conversation if you would be
willing to keep it public. Please.

-jeff

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Richard Mair <ramair49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> We would be happy to tell you more..We should probably take this off list
> and e-mail directly..Our longest trip was 28 days and we ended that with
> enough supplies to have gone another  week. Getting ready for a trip to
> Ontario right now but after we get there I will go into more detail on what
> we have found so far..Unfortunately we are off the boat right now because
> of
> all the work we are doing and Halifax is no place to live aboard in the
> winter..As you will see later the work we are doing in the v birth would
> have been difficult while living aboard..Living on a A30 is much more
> enjoyable than living in a small apartment..We would not consider a larger
> boat..Will go into the reasons later
> Bye for now
> Richard 609
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:46 PM, <elyse.pastor at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> >
> > Dear Richard and Partner,Elyse and I are sorry the way we approach - but
> we
> > have an Alberg 30, LADY HERON 297 that we started to recondition in our
> > second owners year of spring 2009 (18 major projects like holding tank,
> > solar panel, GPS Standard Horizon, complete new wires and electrical
> panel,
> > electric powered anchor roller, complete inside mold removal and
> painting,
> > re-manufacturing of tiller to rudder point attachment etc. etc.).The
> reason
> > for this was to prepare the A-30 for a potential travel to the south or
> > may-be one day for a circumnavigation. We then traveled 72 days in Canada
> > (St-Lawrence river, Lake Ontario, Trent-Severn waterway, Georgian Bay,
> Lake
> > Huron, Lake Erie and back) to test our Lady Heron - and the 1,800 nm were
> a
> > complete success. However, our feeling was - if you need stuff (food,
> water,
> > security equipment, dinghy, clothing etc.) for a 25 or 30 day passage,
> and
> > you want to live on board for a few years, the A-30 starts to look a bit
> > small for that (for
> >  2 persons). Without more knowledge and experience, we began to look at
> > larger boats like the Alberg or Tajana 37.Now that we read you are on the
> > way since 2005, we are certainly impressed and would like to find out if
> you
> > could send us some pictures/information on how your A-30 is equipped and
> has
> > transferred, how many days were your longest transfers and how do you
> feel
> > about your way-of-living (limited or not at all). This would help us to
> > decide what to do and how to plan such an adventure.We thank you in
> advance
> > for your respond.Bruno & ElyseLady Heron 297
> >
> >
> >
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