There is a very economical and convienient way to cruise the Caribbean in
style and splendor with your Potter. First of all find a large cruise boat
(Carnival etc) that is going to your planned destinations from Miami.
Secondly procure a large magnet or suction cup with about 1500 feet of hard
to see line or cable. Thirdly get a large fishnet with handle kinda like
those butterfly nets in the loony movies (my apologies to you loonies). Wait
for the Carnival cruise ship outside the appropriate harbor. Moving quickly,
attach the large magnet or suction cup to the stern of the ship with the
line from the attaching device rigged to your boat. The rest is simple, just
sit back and get towed to your destination(s). The large net with a handle
is for catching the discarded table goodies thrown overboard. (Free food -
P15'ers take note!) Some potential goodies are dinner rolls, ham slices and
the like. Move in close to catch these before they hit the water. If you
have good size forearms you may be able to snag a large ham, whole turkey,
or an entire prime rib on the fly. I don't recommend trying to catch salads,
cakes or any jello type dessert. The net is also good for scaring the
seagulls away - your competitor in the food catch. Not only this this great
cruising tip good for the Caribbean, it also works in the gulf of Alaska,
along the Baja and also for just one day cruises. Happy cruising and bon
appetite!
Jim Nolan P-19 #426 Panache
>From: solarfry@aol.com
>Reply-To: WWPotter@egroups.com
>To: WWPotter@egroups.com
>Subject: [WWP] Reply to Catamaran towing a potter ( Sailing Caribbean -
>Antigua? )
>Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 17:16:30 EDT
>
>Have boat shipped to US Virgin Islands. Although Puerto Rico is cheaper it
>is
>a pain in butt to offload boat there through US/local customs. They want to
>tax it and make you register it locally if you remain more than 30 days.
>You
>have to provide Affidavit and other stuff to prove you will not remain more
>than 30 days. I think USVirgins may be diff. But, you should investigate.
>
>Once in Puerto Rico it is easy to sail accross to Virgins. There are
>islands
>all the way accross from Puerto Rico to Venezuela that are about 20 miles
>from each other. Some inhabited some not. It is a grand cruise if you do
>it
>before July and/or after October (HURRICANE SEASON!). Hell you can have it
>Shipped to San Juan, Puerto Rico, trailered to Fajardo, Launched in Fajardo
>and may remain in area sailing between
>Fajardo/Icacos/culebrita/Culebra/Vieques/USVirgins/Brittish Virgins/Anegada
>for months. It is a beautiful area with a zillion islands close to each
>other
>about 3 hour sail from each other. There are local chandleries with
>anything
>you might need. I believe both Boat US and WEst Marine are in Puerto Rico.
>(Fajardo, San Juan or Isleta Marina). Fajardo is home to a huge sailing
>fleet
>at its local ports. I believe movie "Captain Ron" shows the Fajardo (Sal de
>higuera beach-or something like that) Ferry Docks. On weekends there are
>hundreds of sailboats of all sizes sailing between Fajardo, Icacos,
>Culebrita, Culebra, US Virgins (St. Thomas/Croix) so you will not be far
>from
>help. US Coast Guard and Navy are close by in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
>and Fajardo docks. Try to learn a bit of spanish. Natives love it when you
>attempt to speak to them in spanish and go out of their way to help (they
>all
>speak fluent if accented English). Use same amount of caution you would use
>in anyplace USA. Don't walk slums at night. Don't leave stuff you don't
>want
>to lose visible or dangling lose from boat.
>
>You will find hundreds of Continentals (what they call mainlanders)
>anchored
>in Culebra. This is a beautiful island. Vieques has beautiful beaches and
>fluorescent bays.
>
>The Anegada passage is a bitch. Only to be tried in excellent weather.
>
>Or... once in San Juan you might find an interisland steamer to ship it to
>Antigua. I believe Antigua is not US territory. Therefore you will need
>Visa,
>Proof of ownership, etc. etc... Should contact the US consulate to find
>out.
>Shipping to Antigua from Puerto Rico on interisland tramp steamers should
>take a week. To sail from Puerto Rico to Antigua takes 3 months as you want
>to stop at every island and investigate. If you don't stop along the way it
>should take about 2 days on Catamaran or 3 days on regular monohull. You
>will
>need passport I believe. Can't remember...
>
>Been there did that! Was a hell of lot younger then...
>
>Hope this helps...
>
>Best
>Solar Fry
>
>
>In a message dated 4/25/00 9:43:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>tbodine@onr.com
>writes:
>
><< I want to take my boat Frimi, a potter 19 down to Antigua. I thought
> I'd have it shipped via container ship, but a listing of ports I found
> on the internet doesn't show Antigua as having a port.
>
> So I thought I'd have it shipped to a near by island with port
> facilities. I haven't identified a port yet, but I thought about
> sailing my little boat across 50 miles or more of open ocean and this
> thought gave me pause.
>
> Then I thought I might acquire a friend or hire someone with a longer
> boat that could tow Frimi to Antigua. How long would it take? Puerto
> Rico is 195 Mi. St Kitts is 70, Montiserrat is 35.
>
> Regards Tom Bodine, Skipper Frimi Hull # 1019
> >>
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