Ribs and Sibs

[Mortblanc]

This is all completely dependent on ones training and abilities.

I have a couple of friends that have retired to their boats and ply the Gulf of Mexico for thousands of miles over open water under sail power only in 8, 10, and 20 meter boats.

The one friend with the 20 meter boat sailed to and through the Panama Canal and then on to Hawaii. He stayed a few months and turned around and came home.

The ancient Polynesians traveled for thousands of miles in glorified hollow logs.

But if you don't know what you are doing it is better to find other forms of recreation. But were we talking about pleasure boating?

In our present times we tend to view boats as luxury items when thousands of your countrymen view them as tools of their trade, taking small boats into open water for days at a time to fetch you home your fish and chips.

A bug out or SHTF situation??? Come now boys, remember that Dunkirk thing? If it is get in the boat or die when the volcano erupts or be killed by the invading horde, I will be rowing like I was in the Olympics.