Regarding the Captain's offer to cruise with him, if you are wondering how a Catalina 27 got to be a 33' cutter, go to:
http://www.boatdiddly.com/Sovereignty/Sovereignty.html Fair Winds, Jim Calleran, C27 #2784, Trad, OB Mathews Yacht Club, VA 37°27.8'N/76°18.6'W --- On Tue, 1/20/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello; > > I am taking a cruise from Glen Cove, Long Island Sound, > through the Erie > Canal, across Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron, and > Georgian Bay to the > North Channel. It will begin June 6, 2009 and end in > August in Detroit, > Michigan. I plan to sail the following legs: > Glen Cove to the entrance to the Erie Canal June > 6-June 12 (7 days for a > 5 day trip), > Erie Canal June 13-June 19 (7 days for a 5 day trip), > Buffalo to Detroit June 20-June 26 (7 days), > Detroit to Little Current, Ontario June 29-July 7 (9 > days for a 5 day > trip), > Little Current, Ontario to Mackinaw Island, Michigan > July 8-August 1 > (gunk holing in the wilderness) > Mackinaw Island to Detroit August 3-August 13 (11 days > for a 4 day trip). > > Does anyone care to join me for any leg of this trip? > Expenses will be > shared and travel is on you. > > Sovereignty is a comfortable Catalina 27 (# 65). She is > now a cutter 33' > long with a long list of comforts. There is room for two > people in addition to > myself. To be comfortable in the fore peak birth they > should be no longer > than 5' 6". If a couple joins me they will share > the fore peak and I will > sleep in the pilot birth. > > Sovereignty makes her own electricity (3 Simens solar > cells, 2 wind > generators,), her own water (Pur 35), has two refrigerators > (1 Norcold and I > converted ice chest to a holding plate refrigerator), has > all sailing lines run to > the cockpit, dinghy with 3 hp. outboard, 200' of chain > on a delta anchor with > windlass, a pilot house and lee cloths, electric/alcohol > stove, oven, > microwave, 2 Magma gas grills, 30" HD LCD TV > (probably won't make the trip), 10" LCD > TV, great sound system (5 channel main cabin, 4 in > cockpit, two in fore peak, > 2 folding bicycles, snorkeling equipment for 2, tons of > safety equipment, > attic storage, cockpit converts to gigantic bed, new > Yahama outboard with kort > nozzle and 56 gallons of fuel (about 400 miles of range), > computer with > wireless Internet connection, and many more comforts. > > I primarily motor sail. The motor maintains momentum at a > few rpm above > idle and is quiet and odorless. > > The trip is definitely not a delivery operation but a > leisurely cruise. No > bad weather days under way. Plenty of time to smell the > roses, etc. > > If you, or anyone you know wishes to take a trip or any > leg, let me know as > I am putting together a crew of one or two people. I have > registered this > trip with "Crewseekers.net," and am contacting > local sailing organizations. I > need crew especially for the Erie Canal leg. Have heard > it is a beautiful > wilderness leg. > > As an aside, I have lived aboard Sovereignty for the past > 25 years and > cruised extensively in the Great Lakes, the inland > waterways from Lake Michigan to > Mobile, Florida, Cuba, the Caribbean Islands, Caribbean > Sea, Panama Canal, > Pacific Ocean from Panama to Fiji, the east coast from > Florida to Martha's > Vineyard, and many other places. I was a U.S.C.G. licensed > master of 200 tons > power/sail coastal for many years. > > Pictures of me and or Sovereignty available upon request. > > Looking forward to responses, I remain, > > Very truly yours, > > David Hoyt > Sovereignty > Catalina 27 # 65 > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See > yours in just 2 easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De > cemailfooterNO62)
