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

[Richard10002]

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It is easy to feel the need for a heavy displacement globe trotter but how many of these are in fact just mooching around the med and isn’t that a bit like Chelsea tractor syndrome?


I have chosen a Dufour 425.



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I think that's a fair description of what I'm doing - mooching around the Med. In fact, my mooching may be over for a while as I've decided to settle in Malta for a while - but still hope to go mooching for a bit between May and September. Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey or wherever.

Dufour 425 - nice looking boat. Whenever I see either a Dufour or a Hanse pull into an anchorage I've thought "nice boat", even before I know the make.

 

[Grehan]

Re: Evening Star

No, I stood on the quayside and peered at her - she looked ok - a nice looking sturdy kind of a shape, but as I said at the time, peeping from the quayside means nowt.
You've got a fair bit of work on your hands, then . . . /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[purplerobbie]

Re: Evening Star

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You've got a fair bit of work on your hands, then . . . /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

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A wee bit...
I'll get there and she is going to be soooo luvely when she is finished..
she is the sort of boat that everyone asks about in the marina and you will never see two like her

Rob

 

[rallyveteran]

Oyster 45. Expensive yes, but the warranty paid out plenty. Still the only (?) make with opening forward-facing windows in the saloon, which provide unbeatable ventilation in tradewind anchorages.
5 years circumnavigation aboard full-time and 6 more years of ownership since. Maybe going liveaboard again for part of the year.
We have sailed in company with heaps of other boats in 5 rallies and while they all have their virtues, we haven't seen any we'd rather have for our style of use.

 

[shamrock]

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Oyster 45. ... Still the only (?) make with opening forward-facing windows in the saloon,

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Got those. And a spiral staircase..... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Always liked the Oysters too, SWMBO really liked the old 46 but even that was out of our budget.

 

[theforeman]

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Opinions are like arseholes Dave, everyone has one...

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i`d like to apologise for slarty`s absence. i`m afraid he is unable to reply at the moment. he had to go into hospital for a rectum transplant. unfortunately complications have set in ...










the arsehole has rejected him. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[lille_bee]

Could you PLEASE get back to the point of this post, i.e WHAT'S YOUR LIVEABOARD?

 

[theforeman]

3 public, 4 b`rms, sandstone semi

full circle - what is the point of this thread ?

 

[Grehan]

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what is the point of this thread ?

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The point is, it's rather interesting, and rather entertaining.
What more do you want from life?
Brass cat throttle lever knobs?

 

[Babbers]

From discussions elsewhere I guess the point the original poster was hoping to make was that there are a lot more liveaboards out there with AWBs than people think.

Then again, maybe not.

 

[shanegoodhand]

1993 Heavenly twins 27. We love it!

 

[Simes]

Ferro Cement Gaff Schooner 45 LOD 63 LOA

 

[FullCircle]

Dear Captainslarty.
I was (and still am not) interested in your reasons for choosing what boat suits you. I am interested in what people are doing it in.
I just wish you would desist and start your own 'I have the best boat because thread....'

Yes I have a Sun Odyssey, and yes I am going to keep it as my liveaboard, and no, I dont want to hear any of your Salty Sea Dog stories about near death. Just stop, please.

 

[Bejasus]

Hardin Voyager 45 - 4 cabin layout

 

[bob234]

Hi,

We have been living aboard most of the time since Sept 2004 on our Bavaria 47 Ocean (ie centre cockpit). Not many about even though it's a Bavaria.

Very happy with her. Sails well and has very good directional stability in a blow.

We tend to feel safer on boats over 40ft and can't afford a Malo, HR, Najad or Oyster in that size range even though we would have loved one.

Good on you for doing it in your Sun Oddysey.

They say the best boat to do it in is the boat you've got and the answers to your post (those on subject) seem to support that.

Cheers,

Bob

 

[purplerobbie]

It dosent matter how you do it.
It just matters that you do.

If we all liked the same thing it would be a boreing place
Enjoy your boat.

Rob

 

[RutlandMike]

Anyway, on the subject of the original post, I live on an Ocean 42, on the Thames and very comfy it is too - though the Med weather would be preferred. Having bought it in Greece via Turkey, the paperwork was a nightmare!

 

[captainslarty]

nice one on the ocean 47. we met a kiwi family who gone east about in one, bloody expensive boat, but very very well made. This is NOT the average bav in any way.
They only had one issue in 23000 miles, a knock down in the english channel approaches, they lost a saloon window, not an issue with the boat, it was a very large jar of mayo that put the window out, AND covered the saloon in mayo..

Shame they stopped making them, apart from the older 3 figure bavs they were probably the best they ever made.
Nice boat.

 

[damo]

Warrior 35

 

[heerenleed]

Nicholson 48 since 1999