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Presuming that you are talking about the surface area of the hull? At least to the waterline, or the “wetted surface?”It is not particularly hard, just tedious.You need this drawing, the body plan of the boat. The curved lines are the sections. The drawing will be of course bigger than this, and it is not too difficult to measure, carefully, with an accurate and flexible tape, the length of each section, not forgetting the first, which is zero. Also, the drawing will tell you how far apart each section is. This spacing, we call “S.” Lets pretend it is 5 feet.Wow, I just worked out how to make a table in Quora!There need to be an odd number of sections, the more, the more accurate, 11, numbered 0 to 10 is considered accurate enough for most purposes. So, write down the numbers 0 to 10 in the first column.In the next column, write down the length of each section, I made those up, let’s pretend they are feet.In the third column, write down this series of magic numbers, 1,4,2,4,2,4,2……4,1. These magic numbers are called “Simpson’s Multipliers,” and were discovered by a Scots mathematician, whose name has been long forgotten.Now multiply the numbers in the second column by the numbers in the third column, and write them down in the fourth column..And add the numbers in the fourth column up, like I have done, “336.”The area, is this number, 336, divided by 3, and multiplied by the distance they are apart, or “S.” That has to do, again, with Simpsons magic multipliers.Since the sections are half sections, this will give the area of half the boat, so multiply that answer by two, so the final answer is 336/3 x 5 x 2, which equals 1,120 sq. ft.Zimple! And you do not even need a computer! There was a time when all boat calculations, stability, displacement, buoyancy, and so forth were done this way, not long after we invented fire, and the mountains were still coming out of the sea.Edit: Stephen, who has worked for Vospers, which means that he really has sat on the right hand of God, or on the right hand of Peter DuCane, anyway, has asked me to point out out that you can also do this with half breadths of a waterline, and get the area of the water plane, or, with the half breadths of all the waterlines at a section, and get the area off the section. How about that!But wait, there’s more!Now that you have all those areas, you can put them through Simpsons again, and guess what? You get volume, to a given waterline. Since we are working in feet, divide that volume, in cubic feet, by 35, and you will have the displacement, in salt water, and in long tons.I mean, how could you imagine that you could have that much fun?Now, a note to the OP, who may be sitting, saying “Well, I don’t have that bloody body plan, or whatever it is called. All I have is the bloody boat! In the immortal words of “The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy,” Don’t Panic!Instead, lay a tape on the ground, drop a plumb bob from the front and back of the boat. Divide this distance into 10 equal parts. These will be your sections. At each, and as carefully and vertically as you can, be clever, there are all sorts of ways to do this, wrap a tape around each section, and then go chat to Simpson.However, we may be making this a little more complicated than it needs to be. What if you only want to know the area so that you know how much bottom paint to buy?In that case, look around for a boat roughly similar to yours, seek out the owner and ask him, or seek out the marina manager, and ask him.

Assuming you are a rank beginner, then think about the experience you need in two steps:Beginner Bare-boat Charter. In this step, you get enough experience to competently manage a bare-boat charter. Most charter companies restrict the range over which you can sail their boat (well below your proposed itinerary) but then, they provide a lot of support. There are a lot of sailing schools that are in the business of getting you to this level of competence.Beginning Cruiser. In this step, you acquire the skills to manage extended cruising. There are a few schools that teach this, but most of the cruisers I know got their advanced degree from the school of hard knocks.Getting to Bare-boat Charter. I would recommend four classes from an organization like ASA or US Sailing. For ASA, consider ASA Sailing Certifications in:Basic Keelboat SailingBasic Coastal CruisingBareboat CruisingCoastal NavigationUS Sailing has a nearly identical course sequence. Many of the schools that offer these classes also arrange trips to popular charter destinations for their graduates; giving them additional support for their first charter experience.Upon completion you will have more training than most people who are chartering, so watch out for the other guy!Chartering, by the way, is a good way to both build up sailing experience and to try out different types and sizes of boats.Getting to Extended Cruising. The itinerary that you propose will likely require having your own boat. I'm not aware of any bare-boat charter companies that will allow you to take their boat out of one country and into another. Generally, they restrict you to a tightly defined cruising ground. So, besides the skills it takes to do basic sailing in a fairly restricted area, you need some skill in at least three other areas to pull off the trip you are contemplating.Passage Planning. In this bucket, I put all the stuff it takes to execute a trip from A to B, but let's say Country A to Country B, to pick the most general case.Departure Port - Arrival Port. You have to check out of country A at a port that has immigration facilities; ditto on your arrival port. You need your passport, the boat papers (getting it federally registered is a good idea) and your boat insurance documents. In some countries, you may need your health insurance document or card. The easiest way to pull this off is to be in a marina on departure and a marina on arrival because the marina staff will help you get through the process. As you read the next paragraph, keep in mind that many countries require that you depart within x hours of being "checked out" (passport stamped, etc.).Timing. You want to depart in daylight and arrive in daylight. Best timing for arrival is when the sun is overhead, which makes reefs and other dangers easier to spot. This requires that you have a "planning day", that is, the average distance you will cover in a day. The bad outcome is arriving when it is too dark to safely navigate. In this case, you have to "stand off"; that is, heave to or sail around in circles until the light is good. If you think that GPS and electronic charts alone will keep you out of trouble, then you don't have enough experience to do the trip you are planning.Provisioning. Fuel, water, food, charts. (We'll talk about provisioning the well-found boat in another section.) This is not hard stuff -- think "road trip" -- but it's really inconvenient, if not dangerous, to be caught short of any of these basic things.Sailboat Prep. You don't go to sea with the boat arranged as it is at dock. Stowing all the stuff you took out for living at dock or at anchor; pulling out all the stuff you need for the passage; checking the basic systems; diving on the prop and zincs; doing a radio check; checking the safety gear; etc. In time, this will be second nature. Until then, make up a check list and post it at the nav station.Weather. If you can find a class about weather for seamen, it would be well worth your time to take it. At a minimum, you need to understand weather well enough to stay out of trouble. In time, you will get experience in handling heavy weather at sea, but the last thing you want to do is try to handle heavy weather close to shore. This is how boats are lost. To sail the Caribbean, you also need to understand hurricanes, hurricane season, and what your insurance company requires to maintain coverage in the face of "named" storms.Ideally, you will understand weather well enough to pick good sailing days for moving from A to B. You will learn to read the clouds. You will understand weather maps. All in time. In the meanwhile, learn from other cruisers that you meet. There is always someone around who has been in the game for decades and whose intuition and experience will be a great guide.We crossed the Bay of Bisque the first time with the advice of a couple who kept their cruising kitty topped up by delivering sailboats between England and the Med. They had made the passage dozens of times and understood the weather patterns of that area. Their advice steered us away from an extraordinarily bad plan. We safely made the passage by hopping from Spain to France to England to Ireland (our intended destination).Boat Maintenance. If you own the boat, you have to learn to maintain it. How much do you need to know? Well, think about your car. You need to know enough to get it maintained when required. You need to know enough to do basic maintenance yourself (top off the oil or windshield fluid). You need to know enough about cars to not be ripped off by a mechanic. Whatever you know about car maintenance, you will eventually know that and one level deeper for your boat.Everything on your boat is wearing down. You are the only thing standing between smooth operation of some component or system and its failure. Standing rigging, running rigging, engine, transmission, propeller, electronics, refrigeration, the heads, the galley, the propane system, the anchor and windlass. Sounds endless? Yup.The definition of cruising is: "doing maintenance in exotic places".So . . . one of the most important things you can do is to have a good inventory of parts and manuals, and have the knowledge to use them. However, it will take time to figure out what that means. So, instead of planning your adventure to start off by going from A to B, consider planning your adventure to stay within a narrow cruising ground in the vicinity of an excellent provisioning port.Think of it as spending a month doing "shake-down" trips. Spend some time day sailing; some time at anchor; some time in marinas. Use all your systems. In short order, you will learn what operates reliably. You will find the things that were broken when you bought the boat or that decided to fail when you weren't looking. You will find or acquire the tool set you need and build your spares set.Comments on Your Itinerary. I'm wondering where the boat is today. Do you already have a boat? Are you planning on acquiring a boat?If you already own a boat, then your trip starts at where ever it is docked today. This changes the proposed itinerary. There is no easy way to get the boat from, say, Florida, to, say, Trinidad. That trip is going to involve some travel against the trade winds. On the other hand, you could go from Florida to the Bahamas, which is a great cruising ground, close to home (assuming the US is home), and a good place to shake down your boat before venturing further afield.If you are planning to buy a boat, then you are faced with the reality that the best boat market in the world for used sailboats is in a couple of ports on the east coast of the US (Ft. Lauderdale is probably the largest). Once again you have an itinerary that begins a good bit away from Trinidad. Alternatively, you could acquire a boat in the Caribbean, but this has the disadvantage of limiting your selection of boats and increasing the acquisition cost (flying to and from to see the boat, do the sea trial, have it surveyed, etc.)Good luck! Fair winds and following seas!

Oct. 2016 —Do Yakuza still exist in Japan?Oh yeah.The first time I ran across Yakuza was quite a while back, about 35 years ago when I first moved to Japan. It was after a late night stint at the local English conversation school, and a female, fellow American friend and I stopped off at a Yatai, a kind of open-air food stall seating about 6 people, along the Tagawa river front in downtown Utsunomiya. I was probably having gyoza (dumplings) or oden (stew), along with my nightly bottle of beer, and the Japanese guy sitting next to me struck up a conversation.His English, though not great, was passable and more than that, he was the one that initiated the conversation, probably with more than a passing interest in the American woman sitting on the other side of me ... a former Cherry Blossom Queen from Hawaii. He introduced himself as a ‘Yakuza — Japanese Mafia’. I laughed and said something to the effect of ‘Oh sure … like with the missing finger and tatoos’.Smiling, he held up his hand, and I just about pissed my pants when I saw he was missing a joint on one of his fingers. Now, in a much more deferential tone of voice, even though I am a non-smoker, I accepted his offer of a cigarette. Used to smoke a little pot back in my college days back in the states, so what the hell … go for it, or so I thought.One drag, and I was gagging, gasping, and reaching for that bottle of beer. It was a tiny little fag called ‘Golden Bat’ … no filter.Other than getting a belly laugh and a swig of sake out of him, I can’t remember much of the rest of the night.I guess I got my revenge though. Just a couple of nights ago (early Oct. 2019), I caught the television news that the 113 year winning streak of that bat was up. Japan Tobacco to Ax 113-Year-Old Golden Bat Cigarette Brand—————————————————————————————————————The second time, was several years later in Tokyo. I was, and still am, an avid boater and salt-water fisherman. I have a Japanese 1st class pleasure boat license (kogata sempaku) — and for anyone familiar with Japanese TV here, Becky’s dad — Simon, and Wolfgang - a German, and myself were the only three foreigners taking the course at that time, about 30 years ago.I have bought and upgraded boats several times (sighing). Yeah, especially in Japan — a boat is a hole in the water through which you pour money.My 3rd boat, was a twin diesel in/out, 33 foot Yanmar cabin cruiser with a fly bridge — 2nd hand, so not nearly as expensive as it sounds. I had it moored about a mile or so up the Kyu-Edogawa (the Old Edo River) which empties into Tokyo Bay right beside Disneyland/Disney Sea.This is not my boat … but the same model:Sometimes on a Saturday night, I would pop into the cabin of neighboring boaters and have a beer or two with them while exchanging fishing lies, and occasionally, we would take a small flotilla of 5 or 6 boats for overnight trips to Atami or Izu Oshima … do a little fishing and a lot of drinking.I used to take students, teachers, and friends for night cruises closer to my mooring … drop anchor in the canal in front of Kasai Rinkai Koen (Aquarium Sea-Park). Looking at the pic, the canal is in front of the dome, the Kyu Edogawa on the far side, and Disney Land on the opposite bank (mostly Disney hotels in the pic).And we would wait for the 8 pm fireworks, and open the snacks and drinks.Or if it was later, and had guests of drinking age, we would cruise over to the backside of Odaiba, drop anchor, pop the corks, and watch the ferris wheel go round and round and round and round … and you get the picture.Odaiba is a very popular micro-bay, just between the Tokyo Bay Bridge (Rainbow Bridge) and Fuji TV’s studio. Sooner or later, will get around to scanning some of my old, pre-digital photos, but for now, a few from the net to get the lay of the land — and sea. A map of the area …And a night view from the north looking south, near the entrance of the Sumida river, and you can see the traditional flat bottomed Japanese party boats (yakatebune) which we jostled for mooring places with …And music from this album was typical for my night cruising rotation list … great night music.And no view would be complete without the Rainbow Bridge which spans Odaiba’s northeast entrance. Here is a pic looking from Odaiba to the northwest — along with that god-awful tacky Statue of Liberty replica.“Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” — ?There are a lot of good things about Japan, but a land of immigrants it is not. More like ‘give us your tourist dollars, then leave’ … but that’s another tale for another time ;-)The cabin of my boat was big enough to sit maybe 5 or 6, but sometimes that was too small for all the college kids who wanted to take night cruises on Tokyo Bay or go to Odaiba.But one of the wealthier boater-buddies had either a Hatteras or a Bertram, 50 foot or so, with a cabin somewhat ‘plush’ (think Elvis Presley portrait in crushed-velvet) complete with Karaoke.He was a well known Yakuza boss who had some ‘business’ in the Kabuki cho area. Still remember his name ... 'Fujinami' … as he was featured in an issue of Focus magazine.In retrospect, mooring on the Edo river is one of the few options that Yakuza have for such water oriented leisure activities. Most marinas are like private clubs, like private owned onsens (hot springs), and anyone with tattoos or missing digits are not given membership. But there he was, moored on river-water fresh enough to avoid the yearly scraping of barnacles.I knew him as a fellow boater, but I noticed he always had a couple of his soldiers with him. I did not want to know anything about the ‘business’, so I didn’t ask, and he didn’t talk. But he was fairly handsome, quite generous with his friends, but a joint of one of his fingers was indeed missing showing he had f•cked up at least once.One time, when I had more students than my boat could comfortably hold, I accepted his ‘generous?’ offer to take me and the students on a Tokyo Bay night cruise.But once the cocktails started flowing and the Karaoke machine got cranked up, I had to keep a close watch on the students — as ‘young women’ were also a large part of his business, this was NOT one of the songs on my playlist on his boat …They were safe that night, but I had to keep a close eye peeled on 'em. One such night trip with Fujinami was enough.But that was a few years ago. Now a different marina, no yakuza, and a traditional, Japanese-style fishing boat. Too small for cocktails or parties, but it gets me to the Izu islands where I still go fishing with my buddies and former students … and would not be surprised to see someone pull into Habu no Minato from my old pre-Jack Sparrow, Disney days.ps. Tuesday March 22, 2016 updateFor the past several months, there have been outbreaks of violence in the largest criminal organization in Japan, the Yamaguchi Gumi, and even deaths of innocent bystanders ... The yakuza: Inside Japan's murky criminal underworldI was talking about this with the boss of my marina, who still has some underused connections with the original group. Still out of work and looking for a job, I smiled and said 'Yoroshiku' ... implying I would not turn down a job interview with either one of the factions. I figure I still have enough phalanges to play the Yojimbo card ;-)If for no other reason, I might get back in touch with my 'friend' from the mooring on the kyu-edogawa for this reason ... a quote from the Wikipedia link Yakuza.Yakuza's aid in Tōhoku catastropheFollowing the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, the yakuza sent hundreds of trucks filled with food, water, blankets, and sanitary accessories to aid the people in the affected areas of the natural disaster. CNN México said that although the yakuza operates through extortion and other violent methods, they "[moved] swiftly and quietly to provide aid to those most in need." Such actions by the yakuza are a result of their knowing of what it is like to "fend for yourself," without any government aid or community support, because they are also considered "outcast" and "dropouts from society". In addition, the yakuza's code of honor (ninkyo) reportedly values justice and duty above anything else, and forbids allowing others to suffer.On the other hand, after reading My very brief fight with a yakuza, maybe I'll just stick to writing Quora posts from the safety of my futon.———————————Edit, Aug. 19, 2019 … an article from JapanToday Aug. 17 regarding Odaiba being cancelled as a place safe for swimming in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics … and my extended comment.Tokyo 2020 paratriathlon test shortened due to bad water quality?Aug. 1704:02 pm JST30 CommentsBy Charly TriballeauTOKYOThe swimming section of a paratriathlon test event for Tokyo 2020 was cancelled Saturday due to high levels of bacteria in the water, the latest in a series of difficulties over water quality and temperature.The International Triathlon Union (ITU) shelved the swimming leg after tests showed levels of e-coli more than double the acceptable standard.The 70 paratriathletes instead competed in a "duathlon" format with two runs and a bike race.It was the most recent disappointment at a test event for Tokyo 2020 organizers, after the women's triathlon run was also cut short due to extreme heat in the Japanese capital.Despite this, French triathlete Cassandre Beaugrand was taken to hospital with suspected heatstroke.Around a dozen competitors and spectators fell ill at a rowing test event, also due to high temperatures, as Tokyo swelters through a deadly heatwave."I'm so sorry for athletes that we could not prepare the competition conditions effectively," Shinichiro Otsuka, managing director of Japan's Triathlon Union, told reporters."It was regrettable," he said, vowing to step up preparations for Sunday's Mixed Relay, the last in the four-day competition.Former British paralympic triathlete Clare Cunningham tweeted that staging a duathlon was "a completely different race" that "puts some athletes at a huge disadvantage racing in their tri classification.""Disappointing for all," said Cunningham.Tokyo 2020 organizers have won widespread praise for their preparations but extreme summer heat and poor water quality have given them a headache at test events, with less than a year to go until the Olympic opening ceremony.Competitors at a marathon swimming test event on Sunday complained of smelly water and high water temperature at Odaiba Bay, the location for long-distance swimming and triathlon.Organizers are desperate to avoid the embarrassment of the Rio Olympics in 2016, when the pool used for diving events turned an unsettling shade of green overnight.Brazilian officials also had to scramble to clean up the bay used for sailing and windsurfing that was plagued by sewer bacteria and filthy with rubbish.In October 2017, Tokyo 2020 organizers were left red-faced after tests revealed levels of e-coli bacteria more than 20 times higher than international standards, sparking doubts about the venue's safety.At the time, the organizing committee blamed prolonged summer rain that had brought pollutants from offshore for the high readings between late July and early September.A year later, organizers said that tests using underwater "screens" to filter the water had successfully reduced bacteria levels at the venue.They tested single and triple-layer screens -- some 20 meters long and three meters wide -- and found that both were effective in bringing bacteria down to safe levels although the triple screen, expected to be employed during games time, worked best.© 2019 AFPSteve MartinAug. 1809:07 am JSTI couldn't help but to chuckle at the choice of Odaiba for a swimming event to begin with. For any kind, indulgent readers, please permit me to explain.Getting a kogata sempaku (small boat operator's license) in Japan is actually easier than getting a car driver's license, and if you can speak just a little Japanese, you can get the textbooks (if not the lecture), and take the class in English.Like many license granting tests in Japan, while many of the instructors are quite good, an old salt knows that when it comes to the sea, experience is the best, maybe 'only', teacher — so what you are paying for is mostly access to a copy of the previous year's exam and answers, which as 'tradition' dictates in a bureaucratically bound society, will most likely be the same as the previous year's test.Being a fishing-otaku, I took my undergrad in Marine Biology from the states (UNC-W), as mostly a lame excuse to head offshore for high times on the high seas. And soon after arriving to Japan some 36 years ago, I took the course for what was at that time a 1st class private boat license (out of 4 levels) permitting me to captain a boat of up to 20 tons. Now it is much easier and there are only 2 designations for the license (1st and 2nd class) catering to the jet-ski market.There were only three in my class at the time, all about my age, a German multilingual-translator running his own company, myself, and another English speaking guy running his own chain of English schools ... whose daughter many readers will of heard of, TV talent 'Becky'.And so, before getting married, which would likely rule out the question of buying a boat (which would be the mistress?), I began an often one-sided love affair with a series of 7 or 8 ocean-worthy boats.The reader might be surprised to learn that the 2nd hand boat market, though smaller than the market in the bubble era, can turn up some beauties for little more than the price of a family car. I don't regret the lifestyle choice, and have dozens of hilarious, and sometimes scary stories from the high seas off the coast of Japan. But boats can be a cruel mistress — as they say, 'a hole in the water through which you pour money'. I never did get married.During one of my sea-faring flings, I kept a twin engine, diesel powered, 30 foot Yanmar cruiser on the Kyu-Edogawa, just up the river from Tokyo Disneyland. It was not one of my better fishing boats, but to be fair, it was made to party : having twin steering stations … one inside the salon which had a small dining area seating a half dozen or more, a smaller kitchen complete with fridge and microwave, a small head (private restroom), and a plush and private double wide bedroom-berth in the front for overnight stays ... the other station being driven atop a flybridge from which the captain and a few guests could enjoy a panoramic view of the Tokyo skyline, an especially gorgeous pallet of neon, stretched across the privacy of the jet black waters of Tokyo Bay at night.I sometimes used to take guests for an early evening cruise down the river, and drop anchor in front of the small channel at Kasai Rinkai Koen, pop the wine corks and watch the nightly fireworks at Disneyland, not more than a few hundred meters away. On longer trips, the other boat owners and I would take 3 or 4 day cruises down to Atami, or the Izu Islands, mostly Oshima, but occasionally as far as Miyakejima, and do a little fishing, and a lot of drinking and partying.But the most often chosen option in my Jack Sparrow days, was to load up with guests, and take a night cruise to Odaiba, drop anchor, turn on the jazz (Salena Jones 'Night Moods' was a favorite), pop the wine corks, chat and gaze at the beauty of it all ... the brightly lit Odaiba shoreline, Rainbow Bridge, and Tokyo at night, from the privacy of our own room-and-balcony-on-the-sea.As in the photo above, the yakate-bune (traditional party boats), each with maybe 20 to 50 party goers eating and drinking the night away, would cruise in and do likewise, boats occasionally so close to each other, that when the winds picked up, we and the yakate-bune often had to give our 'gomen nasais', raise anchor, gun the engines, and idle over to a less intrusive part of Odaiba to keep from bumping into each other or getting anchor ropes entangled. And this would go on until the yakate-bune returned to their docks, while we stayed on til way past the witching hour, enjoying it all to ourselves.But there's a nasty little secret to those yakate-bune, then, if not now.Like my cruiser, they had toilets. But unlike private cruisers, there was no holding tank for the waste, Like a lot of traditional Japanese fishing boats (tsuri-bune) that ply those same waters in the daytime, it was just a tiny, enclosed shack near the back of the boat, and when you lifted the toilet lid, there was Tokyo Bay, staring back at you ... even less environmentally regulated than Thailand at the time.I can think of three reasons Odaiba was popular for boaters:1 — one being the previously mentioned night view,2 — and another being easy access to the small day-time tsuri-bune ... traditional charter fishing boats, captained by professionals catering to the occasional hobby fishermen and/or their families.3 — But the third reason was a bit more problematic.It is easy to drop anchor there, even in large numbers, because the enclosed shape of Odaiba's tiny bay allowed for very little current, even with the rise and fall of the tides.'So what’s the problem?' … one might reasonably ask.Well, remember those toilets I described on the traditional boats ... the ones with just an enclosed hole over the water ... the water that has very little current?Well, the fishing is great there..Those little gobys (‘haze’ in Japanaese) are plumper and juicier than typical gobys, and with their sh•t-eating grin, must be filled with all kinds of nutrients.But I think I’ll pass.And I imagine the windsurfers or swimmers who touch down and actually walk in those waters will feel a nice, squishy texture of unique … uh … ‘mud’ … between their toes.And hence my own special name for the waters of a favorite play-spot ... Odaiben ... still good for a chuckle or two for those in the know. (My oof the cuff mix of two words … ‘Odaiba’ the name of the resort area, and ‘daiben’, the word for those sinkers or floaters one normally finds in the toilet.)But damn, who would've thought that place as a venue for an Olympic swimming event?My guess is just ‘follow your nose’ ... uh ... ‘the money’.Cheers all, but swimmers beware.And if that fried goby and beer tastes especially good this summer, just chalk it up to that Lion King — Circle of Life' thingy. 😂