By the by -- bye bye

[Altron]

So, then, within a year, most zombies should have decayed to the point of being unable to harm me, at which point it is safe to return to shore.

Yes, there's 18 million people near me. But how many of them are properly prepared for a zombie invasion? The majority will probably turn into zombies pretty quickly, and many will hole up in their apartments or houses, without adequete supplies. The only other people who would take a sailboat would be people who know how to sail and have also prepared for a zombie invasion.

 

[Professur]

Hey Al, where are you gonna get a year's worth of fresh water?

 

[randomJACKASS]

So, then, within a year, most zombies should have decayed to the point of being unable to harm me, at which point it is safe to return to shore.

Yes, there's 18 million people near me. But how many of them are properly prepared for a zombie invasion? The majority will probably turn into zombies pretty quickly, and many will hole up in their apartments or houses, without adequete supplies. The only other people who would take a sailboat would be people who know how to sail and have also prepared for a zombie invasion.

In the event of a zombie plague, NJ is NOT the place to be!

 

[MrBishop]

So, then, within a year, most zombies should have decayed to the point of being unable to harm me, at which point it is safe to return to shore.

Not really... within a year, the first people to become zombies have decayed beyond redemption...but those that got caught/turned 3 months after the beginning, or 6 months, or a year etc etc... those things are still out there.

 

[Professur]

Yeah, how would you tell the zombies from everyone else?

 

[Cerise]

They've got eyes like her:

 

[paul_valaru]

They've got eyes like her:

her eyes aren't the yellow that eyes get when they start to rot.

 

[catocom]

bah, simple botox directly into the eye can probably fix that, and an airbrush

 

[Altron]

Hey Al, where are you gonna get a year's worth of fresh water?

desalinization. Heat seawater up, then condense the vapors into fresh water.

 

[Professur]

That might be a little hard to pull off on a stolen boat. Solar requires at the least a moderately stable platform, room, and time ... none of which you'll have. A good solar still on shore can produce roughly enough water for one person per day. The average temp on the water is at least 5C lower than the same latitude on land.

 

[Altron]

Would a boat designed for a long ocean voyage have desalinization equipment and solar panels onboard anyway?

 

[2minkey]

only if it is monkey-navigated.

 

[BeardofPants]

I want my monkey-operated type-writer!

 

[MrBishop]

desalinization. Heat seawater up, then condense the vapors into fresh water.

Better yet, get thee to a fresh-water lake instead of out on the oceans.
Fresh water and with a decent telescope, you can check out locations to put ashore and do some shopping.

 

[MrBishop]

TO be or bot to be.

Stupid monkeys

 

[Professur]

Al, any boat equipped like that isn't one you're just going to step onto and steal. Most sailboats and cruisers have freshwater tanks just like RVs do. Usually good for a couple of weeks if you don't waste it.

Bish ... damn few lakes are wide enough to hide on. Hell, You've seen my lake. It's one of the largest in our area, and I know three people who've swam across it.

 

[MrBishop]

Go on up the St.Lawrence seaway and hit the great lakes....have a nice stop on the one of the little islands on there... besides, who ever heard of a zombie swimming?

Overview
The 35,000 islands of the Great Lakes form a superlative natural system. In fact, the largest lake island in the world is Manitoulin in Lake Huron (Ontario), covering 1,068 square miles. Due to their isolation, islands have unique properties warranting special attention and protection. The properties of Great Lakes islands include high proportions of endemic and endangered species, fish spawning areas, open and perched dunes, and nesting colonial waterbirds and migratory waterfowl. These islands contain many critical natural features, cultural resources, and recreational opportunities that, despite being threatened by pressures of unplanned development and habitat destruction, have yet to be holistically addressed.

More Great Lakes island facts:
The Thirty Thousand Islands of Georgian Bay, Ontario, actually include around 17,500 islands.
The Thousand Islands between New York and Ontario number about 1,500.
Lake of the Woods, shared by Ontario, Minnesota and Manitoba, is said to contain 14,000 islands.
Finland claims to have more islands than any other country, with a stated total of 179,584. However, Canada probably exceeds this number with its immense areas of island-strewn lakes and thousands of miles of rocky coastline.
The largest island created by human action is the Ile Rene-Lavasseur, a 780-square-mile island in Manicouagan Reservoir, Quebec. The reservoir was formed by the damming of a river to flood a 210 million-year-old meteor crater. The crater's central uplift became the island.

 

[Professur]

It might surprise you to know,..... but it really shouldn't ... that you can't get to the Great Lakes from the atlantic (where he'd be coming from based in NJ) without passing through a load of sea locks. If there's zombies about, who's going to stand around to operate the locks for you? Hell, just getting past montreal today is essentially impossible. Even if you could get up the back river or RDP, (lachine rapids prevent the front river to Lac Lt-Louis) you'd gt stopped at Grand-Ile. Manage to get safely through Beauharnois, and you'll have to do the same dance again at Cornwall, and again further along.

Anything with the draught enough to survive any serious weather won't make it through the rapids.

 

[MrBishop]

If he's on an inland island, he doesn't need to weather serious storms...just enough to get him from island to shore. Canoes are nice

 

[Professur]

Good weather all the way from NJ to Lake Huron in a rowboat? No need to wait any longer. The Zombies are here. They already ate his brain.

BTW, islands in the Great Lakes either already have a population (and shore access) or are too small to provide any safety. Huron would be the only one with that potential ... and rowing up Niagara might prove challenging.