Is your boat part of your Doomsday Plan?

[Sav]

What if a comet or massive meteor crashes into the Nth Atlantic?
My guess is that every boat on America's east coast will be destroyed by Tsunami's.
Better to keep a boat on the west coast... unless of course..... .....

[StuM]

Originally Posted by Blue Skye

Not sure why people push their political views anymore. It's like Lagoon owners convincing FP owners their boat is better

That ain't gonna happen!

[hafa]

Originally Posted by SouthernPride

The person that sticks around to help others in a doomsday situation is a moron...

The concept of "doomsday" implies either:

a) Adherence to the beliefs that are specific to sects that maintain a specific approach to Millennialism
b) An extension of said set of beliefs perpetuated by popular culture (i.e., movies such as "Mad Max"
c) An extension of cold war fears

History, on the other hand, is full of examples of those who assisted others at great risk of personal peril during significant historical upheavals and lived to tell the tale. Furthermore, the broad range and far-reaching experiences of groups dedicated to assisting others in times of disaster belie the belief that such events bring out the worst in people.

There will always be those who use disaster as an excuse to exploit others, from looters to carpetbaggers, but they are the exception, not the rule. Most folks are decent and care for their communities and others. Survivalism is

[jeepbluetj]

So, the thread took a bit of a drift.... But my boat is definitely part of my disaster plan.

And it's not a freak thing - I live in so cal. We could easily have a very bad earthquake that limited access to services.

So I've got a plan.
#1 - shelter in place. My motorhome is .5 miles away, no bridges. Fridge runs forever on solar. Always have a full water tank. Some food stored. Could easily go 2 wks till socal got restored to civilization.

#2 - bug out on the boat. We can walk (several hours) to the boat. Boat always has full water and mostly full fuel. 2 wks of food on board. In that time we could sail to mexico or north out of a disaster zone.

Of course, we've got some stores at the house and water in the HWH. But when you live in a part of the world where your house could easily fall down, it's nice to have some options. The boat is one of those options.

If I was a true 'merican, I'd mention that lots of ammo is helpful too....

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by Rivatar

We live on a blue water cruiser which already has months of endurance. Have we "bugged out" already?

I "bug out" for six months each year beginning around May 1st and do just fine aboard our bug out boat.

[sailjumanji]

Boat is floating in the backyard. Solar panels, watermaker. Can be in the Gulf in 45 minutes. Enough artillery to know it's gonna stay tied up back there until we are ready to go.

Now if we were really serious about doomsday planning, would be a bigger boat, with lots more solar. Hmmm, maybe that's the angle I need to work on the wife, to get a bigger boat! "Honey, it's a safety thing." At least it worked on justifying AIS and 4G radar. (Although I wish she hadn't seen the 30 boats on AIS between us and Bimini, when we were mid-way across the Gulf Stream. )

[markpierce]

Isn't suicide painless?

[adoxograph]

Originally Posted by bjymd

I would be more concerned about a prolonged blackout and the effect it would have on the economy and food delivery, waste processing and communication. One EMP or a clever web based attack could do alot of damage. One of many reasons I now live on a boat in Tortola.

One EMP? really? Tell me please how that would work?

However, I agree on the web attack and a prolonged black out.

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by adoxograph

One EMP? really? Tell me please how that would work? ...

Perhaps, something like this:
http://www.empcommission.org/docs/A2...ission-7MB.pdf

[timbenner]

Just stay where you are, give up and die? Not me. Steal someone else's stuff to save yourself? We carry guns and dogs to take care of you! Crawl in a box buried in the ground and hide? No thank you.

Yes, a fully equipped sail boat is an excellent survival strategy. Probably accounts for some % of the reason I keep the boat. Are we overdue for a global disaster?? Everything cycles.

[IdoraKeeper]

Originally Posted by CarinaPDX

This idea is nothing new. When I was in Venezuela (1995) I met a German who was cruising on a wooden boat that his father built shortly after WWII. It was a very odd design, as the interior was jammed full of berths. He said it was a "get-out-boat" (I don't remember the actual German word). They were specifically built for families to get out of Germany if another war happened in Europe. Whether that would actually allow a family to escape through the Kattegat and Skaggerak is questionable, but something to hold on to I guess.

As for my situation, in western Oregon we are all encouraged to have weeks of supplies available for a Cascadia fault earthquake. I think the best thing to do in such an emergency is to get the hell out of town - aside from the security issues, it will take a long time to set up the logistics for feeding the millions of people in the Willamette Valley, as well as the thousands that could be trapped on the coast after the expected tsunami. Hunger makes people do desperate things. From here on Hayden Island it should be possible to motor up to Bonneville dam and lock through to Hood River and further inland, which should be better. If the I-5 railroad bridge could be opened then it would be possible to head to sea and move north or south outside the affected area - a less likely and more difficult trip. I think it does make sense to think a little about such things, but not obsess. I'll leave preparations for Armageddon to the American Redoubt crowd.

Greg

Sooo, if I get your plan correctly..... You would head up river and escape disaster but ending up in Yakavegas?

[barnakiel]

Originally Posted by timbenner

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Yes, a fully equipped sail boat is an excellent survival strategy.

(...)

Only if your doomsday is your wife getting angry with you.

;-)
b.

[CarinaPDX]

Originally Posted by IdoraKeeper

Sooo, if I get your plan correctly..... You would head up river and escape disaster but ending up in Yakavegas?

We're talking about survival here - no one said it would be fun . But better to be able to walk to a grocery store and fill the tanks from a hose than wait in line for emergency rations and bottled water. I doubt it would be necessary to go further than Hood River or The Dalles to get out of the destruction.

Greg

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Blue Skye

Not sure why people push their political views anymore. It's like Lagoon owners convincing FP owners their boat is better, or 44c trying to convince monohull sailors that multis aren't poorly built death traps that will eventually kill them and vice versa

You mean FP owners NEED convincing they've the better boat..???

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

Please leave politics and political statements out of it, they will be deleted as they even if meant as jokes are inflammatory and this is a cruising forum.
I am sure there are no shortages of political forums you can post on

Amen!