roblpm
Well-known member
So I will buy a new (to me) boat in the next couple of years. After a month in Bali last winter, a month in Mexico this winter and a new partner who grew up in a place that was 35 degrees all year it is apparent to me that I want to sail in hot places!
I however live in Edinburgh at the moment and to work on the boat it really needs to be nearby for the next few years. It then needs to sail to hot places with maybe the occasional ocean passage. Definitely an Atlantic crossing. Possibly further.
So in the say 34-38 feet range for a pauper like me it seems like these criteria together do not exist (is that a split infinitive?) :
No teak
Swim platform
Medium displacement
Nice cockpit for hanging about in (will live and work aboard probably for a few years)
Decent shower (for aforementioned partner, promised her a watermaker....? )
Good ventilation
Tbh I think its an AWB as 95% of the time I won't be sailing. I will just have to ignore the dire warnings about the keel and rudder falling off and only sail in good weather upwind in Scotland. I will get decent weather forecasts and promise never to be in a hurry.
So what is the best 38 ft AWB? Maybe a slightly older heavier one?
I think looking at the crap exchange rates that buying in the UK may amazingly be the best plan with access to cheap chandlery etc.for slowly getting ready.
I however live in Edinburgh at the moment and to work on the boat it really needs to be nearby for the next few years. It then needs to sail to hot places with maybe the occasional ocean passage. Definitely an Atlantic crossing. Possibly further.
So in the say 34-38 feet range for a pauper like me it seems like these criteria together do not exist (is that a split infinitive?) :
No teak
Swim platform
Medium displacement
Nice cockpit for hanging about in (will live and work aboard probably for a few years)
Decent shower (for aforementioned partner, promised her a watermaker....? )
Good ventilation
Tbh I think its an AWB as 95% of the time I won't be sailing. I will just have to ignore the dire warnings about the keel and rudder falling off and only sail in good weather upwind in Scotland. I will get decent weather forecasts and promise never to be in a hurry.
So what is the best 38 ft AWB? Maybe a slightly older heavier one?
I think looking at the crap exchange rates that buying in the UK may amazingly be the best plan with access to cheap chandlery etc.for slowly getting ready.