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  1. Ptarmigan

    Video Building a 45ft Alu proa

    Very exciting stuff, they've been sailing for ages lol, it'll be plenty seaworthy
  2. Ptarmigan

    Howdy, I'm a tall ship sailor and sail bum, looking to share some experience

    Hell yeah, getting out and doing is the only way to learn. In regards to a test there might be some states that want you to have a license but I don't know which they are, I never had to get one. Taking a power squadron course is a good idea though, it teaches navigation and safety and all that...
  3. Ptarmigan

    Howdy, I'm a tall ship sailor and sail bum, looking to share some experience

    Hmm, what kind of boats are you thinking of, tall ships or something a bit smaller? Here's some decent options for finding a cruiser boat, but it'd be a bit easier to find a boat when you already got some taste for the sea https://www.crewbay.com/ https://www.findacrew.net/...
  4. Ptarmigan

    Howdy, I'm a tall ship sailor and sail bum, looking to share some experience

    I went ahead and compiled a craigslist search with some viable boats in your area [Craigslist Link] Any smaller than 26 ft and you might go crazy, and any larger than 30 ft would be difficult for a novice to sail singlehanded imo. I sailed on a 32 footer with 4 other novices and we just scraped...
  5. Ptarmigan

    Learn Boatbuilding Free--Plus Free Housing and Food

    Alright, I've heard back, seems they're still accepting people for the 3 day trial
  6. Ptarmigan

    Learn Boatbuilding Free--Plus Free Housing and Food

    Sent in my app, probably too late for 2020 lol
  7. Ptarmigan

    Howdy, I'm a tall ship sailor and sail bum, looking to share some experience

    Haha, the longest passage I've ever been on was only three days, but we got a 50kn storm in the middle of it so it was definitely an exciting one. Living on a boat is nice and I do miss it, although ours always smelt like sulfur since our blackwater hoses needed replacing. also some pics I...
  8. Ptarmigan

    Howdy, I'm a tall ship sailor and sail bum, looking to share some experience

    Nice nice, I tried finding a winter maintenance gig this season but no such luck. I've volunteered on Draken Harald Hårfagre, the Kalmar, and Ostindiefararen Göteborg. Only ever been paid for rigging work on the Hazard Perry, but that's all steel so doesn't count lmao
  9. Ptarmigan

    what's your favorite sayings/aphorisms?

    from an old coworker when I still did tree work: FUCKIN' THE BALLS / FUCKIN' THE BALLS DUDE but repeated many many times
  10. Ptarmigan

    Howdy, I'm a tall ship sailor and sail bum, looking to share some experience

    Haha, STP sailor birds The boat I used to be a part of was a 32' Dreadnought Tahiti Ketch but rigged as a single mast staysil cutter. Ultraheavy displacement with a full keel so it was slow as hell but definitely sturdy. Buuuut I'm currently a boatless sailor, I find I like working on other...
  11. Ptarmigan

    Howdy, I'm a tall ship sailor and sail bum, looking to share some experience

    nice dude, do it up also to add to my first post, if people are feeling adventurous, there are some pretty good deals on sailboats in Sweden if people don't mind living in europe/crossing the atlantic https://www.blocket.se/annonser/hela_sverige/fordon/batar/segelbat?cg=1062 10,000 crowns is...
  12. Ptarmigan

    Russia anyone?

    Really late but here is something from a friend in st. pete's https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KTt_f-5YKxl_gYP-t3XysFXwB5WmlIM7r-7cseotiaY/edit?fbclid=IwAR0SR_NIDu3TvwnVCCyV8Yb0dyBPCQF1jpEp2azOqdoQaraAnLQBwqrcsws
  13. Ptarmigan

    Howdy, I'm a tall ship sailor and sail bum, looking to share some experience

    Hey, guess this is kinda an intro post but I'll just cut right to the chase. I was looking for other sail bums on the internet, so here I am. I got started back when I was a little lad of 16-17 when I bought a cheap sailboat with some friends of mine. We fixed up that boat for a year or two...