Comments for Sail with New Freebooters http://www.newfreebooters.com boats, events, people & equipment - through the eyes of Mike K-H Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on About me: Mike Kingdom-Hockings by admin http://www.newfreebooters.com/about/comment-page-1#comment-4074 admin Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:18:32 +0000 http://www.newfreebooters.com/?page_id=2#comment-4074 Hi, Will. I've always wanted to sail in Chesapeake Bay, but never had the chance. perhaps you'd find the Micromegas boats a little slow - 5 knots is a typial cruising speed for them, but since Micromegas 5 is a few inches longer than a Hobie but weighs in at well over a ton when loaded up for a transatlantic crossing, that's still pretty good. Since she is basically a pair of surfboards with accommodation, she could be pushed quite fast unloaded, but that's not their goal on an ocean voyage. If you are on Facebook, why not apply to join the group MICROMEGAS. There are quite a few English speakers, although the majority of the conversations are in French. Hi, Will. I’ve always wanted to sail in Chesapeake Bay, but never had the chance. perhaps you’d find the Micromegas boats a little slow – 5 knots is a typial cruising speed for them, but since Micromegas 5 is a few inches longer than a Hobie but weighs in at well over a ton when loaded up for a transatlantic crossing, that’s still pretty good. Since she is basically a pair of surfboards with accommodation, she could be pushed quite fast unloaded, but that’s not their goal on an ocean voyage. If you are on Facebook, why not apply to join the group MICROMEGAS. There are quite a few English speakers, although the majority of the conversations are in French.

]]> Comment on Extreme Catamaran Sailing – Micromegas 5 Back in the Old Routine by admin http://www.newfreebooters.com/extreme-catamaran-sailing-micromegas-5-back-in-the-old-routine/comment-page-1#comment-4073 admin Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:06:26 +0000 http://www.newfreebooters.com/?p=1619#comment-4073 Thanks for the offer of help, Andrew. They were out of touch for several days, repairing damage to the head of the mast. They say they were very lucky not to lose the mast while they were out in the Atlantic. As a result of this experience, they have decided it would be too dangerous to attempt the return trip across the Atlantic, which I think is very wise. They would have to sail back in latitude 40°+, where there is a lot of shipping traffic, the weather can get bad even in summer, and the water is cold. Today, I hear that they have fixed the mast head, and are making sail repairs before heading for Martinique - partly to get away from all the tourists in Barbados! Do you use Facebook? If so, ask to join the group MICROMEGAS. A lot of the conversations are in French, but there is quite a lot of English spoken too. Thanks for the offer of help, Andrew. They were out of touch for several days, repairing damage to the head of the mast. They say they were very lucky not to lose the mast while they were out in the Atlantic. As a result of this experience, they have decided it would be too dangerous to attempt the return trip across the Atlantic, which I think is very wise. They would have to sail back in latitude 40°+, where there is a lot of shipping traffic, the weather can get bad even in summer, and the water is cold.

Today, I hear that they have fixed the mast head, and are making sail repairs before heading for Martinique – partly to get away from all the tourists in Barbados!

Do you use Facebook? If so, ask to join the group MICROMEGAS. A lot of the conversations are in French, but there is quite a lot of English spoken too.

]]> Comment on About me: Mike Kingdom-Hockings by will mcdonald http://www.newfreebooters.com/about/comment-page-1#comment-4063 will mcdonald Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:31:41 +0000 http://www.newfreebooters.com/?page_id=2#comment-4063 i, too, am a sailing junky, biased towards multihulls, speed (not scary speed) is better than too slow(like 10 to 12 knots, opposed to 3 to 8 knots) started sailing cats and small craft at a young age, in a tributray of the Chesapeake Bay, in Virginia. Good stuff here, a nice collection. Minimalist cruising is my focus now ( ala Micromegas 1 thru 6? and the like) i, too, am a sailing junky, biased towards multihulls, speed (not scary speed) is better than too slow(like 10 to 12 knots, opposed to 3 to 8 knots) started sailing cats and small craft at a young age, in a tributray of the Chesapeake Bay, in Virginia. Good stuff here, a nice collection. Minimalist cruising is my focus now ( ala Micromegas 1 thru 6? and the like)

]]> Comment on Extreme Catamaran Sailing – Micromegas 5 Back in the Old Routine by andrew vasilenko http://www.newfreebooters.com/extreme-catamaran-sailing-micromegas-5-back-in-the-old-routine/comment-page-1#comment-4059 andrew vasilenko Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:34:06 +0000 http://www.newfreebooters.com/?p=1619#comment-4059 Hope everything will be OK to you. It is too confined space... Here is a guy who sailed Crimea, Ukraine- Israel and futher with his 6m open cat and he was alone on the way. May I help anything? Would be interested to know what is happenning futher. Hope everything will be OK to you. It is too confined space… Here is a guy who sailed Crimea, Ukraine- Israel and futher with his 6m open cat and he was alone on the way.
May I help anything? Would be interested to know what is happenning futher.

]]> Comment on Extreme Catamaran – first bad weather for Micromegas 5 by admin http://www.newfreebooters.com/extreme-catamaran-first-bad-weather-for-micromegas-5/comment-page-1#comment-4040 admin Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:20:05 +0000 http://www.newfreebooters.com/?p=1630#comment-4040 My pleasure, Alain. You have known them a long time. I only met them once, but that was enough to command great respect. My pleasure, Alain. You have known them a long time. I only met them once, but that was enough to command great respect.

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