Kelpie
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Moitessier summed it up in one of his books - something like "A cruising boat is never finished, when the time is right and the winds are fair - raise the anchor and leave"
Ebay and amazon are handy in the UK but after that you'll be fixing your boat on and off always, that's just how it is bluewater, might as well get some practice in
I'm certainly no stranger to fixing stuff on the go- our last cruise was only six nights away from home, and by the time we got back the boat had a heater, fridge, pushpit, and self steering fitted! I believe in keeping myself busy, although it does drive SWMBO slightly crazy having the boat resemble a building site.
I doubt I will fall into the 'perfectionist' camp, and anyway I think that once we head south I will have a much wider range of options available for boatbuilders and yards.