Can everyone post what boat they have as a liveaboard please?

[captainslarty]

Seastream 34 Pilothouse Ketch. Ian Anderson design, 1978. Modified long keel, cut away aft.
coming on 4 years wiothout bricks n mortar.. intending to go where we please.

 

[BoyBlue49]

Bavaria 49. Love it. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Carolwildbird]

Subject to survey.. a bowman 40

 

[pat_detente]

We did our circumnavigation in a Wharram Pahi 42. (Great for shallow waters and taking the ground +low cost maintenance)

Now trying out a monohull (Moody 33) to see if we like sailing at an angle before deciding upon our next liveaboard vessel.

 

[Abigail]

Maxi 120 - 12m, GRP centre cockpit ketch, 30 years old this year, done one circumnav (not with us). Never sold new in UK so can be difficult to get but suits us very well. Have lived on her 4.5 years in Britain and southern europe.

 

[vyv_cox]

Sadler 34. Can't say it's the best liveaboard boat but perfectly OK for the two of us, and we know every inch of her and have replaced/updated almost everything.

 

[Orla]

Lafitte 44 American designed cruising yacht by Bob Perry. (only 53 ever built)
16Tons, double ender, aft cockpit,superb boat and very beautiful.
Many of them circumnav with families, most are found in the states (exept mine)

 

[jimbaerselman]

Oyster 406, Deck Saloon, 1988.

 

[nickrj]

Amongst all these large boats, let me just stress than I have a family of six, living onboard my Contessa 26.

The cat and dog have to sleep in the folds of the sail, but otherwise, we do great.

No, but really, it´s just me. Way too small, don´t consider anything you can´t stand up in, but at the same time don´t think you need 40ft to be comfortable. It´s a conceptual shift living onboard, and whatever you end up with, you will make do. Most of the time you just sit down anyway, or sleep.

nick.

 

[beormakate]

Northwind Mistral 40 ketch. Angus Primrose designed, perfect layout, loads of headroom, large saloon, ocean-going beast. Only been aboard for 2 months and lots of hard work getting her up to scratch but fantastic.

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[KellysEye]

1980 De Vries Lentsch steel ketch 38 feet.

 

[Deleted member 478]

Started on a Beneteau Oceanis 390 - two years live aboard.
Now a Maxim 380 catamaran.

 

[moodycruiser]

Moody 41

 

[KevB]

How amazing is that. There was me thinking everyone on here would be living in something that resembles a dutch steel barge with a caravan on top - but no, all real boats so far. Really not what I would have thought.

 

[shamrock]

Young Sun or Westwind 43 Pilot House. (Taiwanese built double ender)

Sailed her to the Canaries, sold the house, sold the car (today!), can't sell the wife and kids so they have air tickets to Antigua. I fly south next friday to liveaboard again and cross the atlantic. Can't wait.

 

[ribrage]

44ft steel ketch designed by peter ibold called a hedoniste basically a stretched endurance.... lousy boat, hates marinas, loves being at sea... home sweet home /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[mikewilkes]

30 year old , 32 foot steel catamaran.
Now the crew includes a 2 1/2 year old little blonde cracker who should be staying with us until her mum leaves the army in 16 months 2 weeks 3 days - but who's counting!!!
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[FAITIRA]

Nic 32 MkX1 (33ft), we had a Roberts Norfolk 44 but didn,t need a boat that big, bit of a wrench as I built her! But we don,t miss the expence, as for comfort, for two this is fine, we have all we need.

 

[fiveflipflops]

Westerly Typhoon 37ft 1991. Lived on board for 5 years. So far no major problems.

David and Emma

 

[Jeannius]

Not doing it yet but... Next year, Privilege 435 catamaran....