Hi everyone, this is probably the weirdest post you are going to see on this forum but I am deadset serious about this.

I was wondering if anyone had ever considered sailing to Antarctica or any outlying arctic islands. I have been eager to see to the Scott Coast or basically anywhere in Antarctica. I was hoping if anyone was ever going if they could help me get there, I am an explorer based in the Sydney region with limited experience at sea, and was wanting someone to help with my Arctic expedition in which I hope to finish at the South Pole. This is really brief and I doubt anyone will be going to Antarctica but please email me. Once again I am serious about this.

Feel free to email me with any help,

VinkovicS01@dowstu.catholic.edu.au

Not the correct answer to your post but if you would consider sailing down there, get a hold of Matt Tuckers dvd "Snow Petrel-Down Under" its well worth watching.

Would you be able to get to Antarctica in a 19 foot Trailer Sailer? Just wondering they are pretty cheap and I have never been sailing before so it could be fun. Leaving from Sydney?

Would anyone be able to help get me there? I was hoping by the end of the year around the Ross ice shelf. This seems really weird but I am not joking. If you want to help or know the actual details about who I am and the record I am going to attempt to break contact me via email.

Hi Archer,
You could do it on a Hobie Cat if you really put your mind to it, the fact it would be horrific and you wouldn't want to is another matter entirely. So yes, a 19' could theoretically do it if all the stars align. But I would suggest that kinda jumping to the cool part and shopping/looking for the boat first is not an optimal approach.

Look at the route. Plot the distances involved. Estimated your speeds and produce a time plan. Plan your boltholes and options for shelter in the time plan too.
Plan for weather along the route. Get expert advice for long passages, weather can kill you.
Plan your provisions, plan medical , plan comms,
Plan crew management, including fatigue and safety.
Train on system maintenance, electrical, fluids, engine, comms, rigging, sails.
(We do the above checklist before every offshore race, so it's not unrealistic to expect this as a minimum for a trip of this size)
Learn to sail.
Read any book you can find near to the subject at hand, reach out to people that have done it before.
Then go looking for a suitable boat.
I'd then go sail around Tassie first to get in the groove and see what breaks.

Or go looking for work that involves Antarctica and get some first hand experience using other peoples money. They only announced a big job push a few months ago for the next cycle at Murdo.

Good luck in your endeavours, sailing to Antarctica and back sounds really cool.
Doing it on a shoestring and with naff all planning or training isn't, that's the exact opposite of cool.
Regards,
SB

ArcherHeath said..
Could you tow a smaller boat for provisions behind a Hobie Cat?

No.

ArcherHeath said..
Would you be able to get to Antarctica in a 19 foot Trailer Sailer? Just wondering they are pretty cheap and I have never been sailing before so it could be fun. Leaving from Sydney?

If you need to ask that question this trip is a dream for you. Nothing more

Maybe he's related to chopesbro

Teacher

sunycoastguy said..
Maybe he's related to chopesbro

I thought maybe Shanty had returned from sin bin

There's some great blow up rubber dinghys on eBay that would make a good tender for your hobbie cat. ??

Sounds fun

Put a bloody jacket on!

Busybee said..
Try Cath Hew on Icebird out of Ushuaia.

I met Cath in an anchorage on Ilas Hornos in 2016. She had just returned from a charter to the Peninsular.
'Icebird' is an aero-rig , very interesting but I never could really work out the un-stayed rotating mast with jib on a fore-boom. Must be totally seaworthy though.

And, to the original poster, you cannot just arrive in Antarctica - there are serious permit requirements, and you have no hope of getting there other than on a fully supported charter. Sorry to pour cold water on your plans - but there is a lot of cold water down there!

I don't have much time to preparer. I'm giving myself 3 months but am taking time off to prepare. The reason due to the lack of a larger boat is the fact I'm planning to go solo and don't have enough funds for the boat.

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