Stout enough hatches, drop boards, and ports to withstand heavy seas. Large enough scuppers to drain your cockpit quickly. A deep cockpit with a high bridge deck so water will not pour into your cabin if filled. There are a number of considerations for a long distance cruise: As already stated, enough capacity for water and fuel and provisions. You have to consider the worst conditions and feel confident that your boat can handle it (not to mention you). Your boat would not be my choice for such a crossing. You don't want to put your family in danger, or yourself. For me dry bedding and a clean head will do it. In the C&C we ate all meals in the cockpit because the cabin was converted into bunks and we had no place to sit.Ĭomfort at sea is very relative. My biggest concern apart from provisioning would be sleep deprivation: it is when you are very tired that you make bad decisions! Maybe you should consider a third working crew member should one of you hurt him or herself that would leave only one to keep all watches. Going the other way, you either go strait from Canaries to Barbados or Martinique if you do this in December, January you should have quartering wind and waves. Going that way I did it on a C&C 38, a 1980 IOR desing. The longest of which should be around two weeks from Bermuda to Açores. USA to Bermuda, Bermuda to Açores and Açores to EU. This is one of the shortest ocean passages! If you are going from the USA to EU, it is in reality three short passages.
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