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

[giolconda]

Belliure 50 1997 deckhouse, cutter rigged, ours since 2007 . . . .Classic lines with modern technology and sea worthy habits.

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[i_sail]

Bavaria 36 2011 model

 

[ossy moses]

Swan411 me and dog Peanut.Heavy gear and no anchor windlass,so looking for another boat,in the meantime off cruising the Grenadines for a few weeks.Frank

 

[JohnDWillimann]

Great Dane 28

 

[njamesphoto]

Westerly Oceanmaster 48 after a big refit.

 

[Caladh]

Victoria 34 - not the best Med.boat to be honest but she looks after us.

 

[vyv_cox]

I note that this thread was started almost exactly four years ago, 31-10-2007. Despite that we still sail a Sadler 34.

 

[Otter]

Colvic Watson Veracity 35, eight weeks in the summer hols, all the half terms and holidays we can do - about 14 weeks a year.

2 adults, 3 children including a 6 month old and a Patterdale Terrier.

 

[blenkinsop]

We have a Sadler Starlight 39. Great boat, taken us round the world so cant complain.

 

[joha]

live aboard

1989 Trident Voyager 35.

lots of space good ocean going cockpit.

inside steering as well

Good seaboat

Very comfy.

John

 

[SHUG]

Seastream 43 . Hard to faullt at sea or liveaboard.

 

[ean_p]

Koopmans 47

 

[Talbot]

Privilege 37 Catamaran

 

[dslittle]

Oh dear

LadyJessie...
I have a few "concerns" re cruisers with money in the context of the "buy the boat" pay others to sort it out, yes, I must admit I do. Mostly this leads to an increase in prices in areas visited.. you want a marine diesel engineer in Coruna for example, 50 euros an hour, a local gets the same engineer, same service, 15 an hour... go figure ?
why ? because they will payThe cost of marina berth and anchorages taken over to paying mororings with a "nice little traditional cafe selling cokacola" built on the shore.. whay ? becuase people will pay, the charter industry is the greatest cause, the liveaboards with dosh and a pay someone else attitude the next on the scale.. all that happens is there becomes a social distiction with cruising, not good or bad at first site..
It is a bit like the rise in Chelsea Tractors.. (4 * $ 's) for the school run... and the sales of spray on mud in the early days if we are not careful.

And, dear sir, madam, I am not critisizing hr etc.. they ARE good boats, but they ARE over hyped and overpriced, and as said, extremely difficult to modify as a full time liveaboard, the norm of these boats is a few years ownership then exchange.. very few keep them on full time, as a live investement for instance.. Many HAVE to consider the resale value, due to the above normal relatively short ownership of these boats as liveaboards.

As for generally doing the work themselves, yes, this IS the case, always exceptions, but generally.

So, given the choice between an 80's hr in need of tlc, and a new hr, no contest for me.

the other thing that I often worry about is the "what if something goes wrong at sea" side.. we have met fabulous people on rahter nice boats with loadsa dosh, but they would be pickled if a problem occured out of reach of the mobile phone coverage and the boating equivelent of the AA...
there are again, always exceptions, we have met many that choose to pay, but CAN do the work themselves, fine.. but they ARE the exception.
And, yes, I will happily admit, when I see a brand new HR, like the 48 singlehanded dutchman who came in here (Hit the breakwater in fog on the way in, and a fishing boat in biscay), I DO think, what a waste of money for the purpose, then another dutch guy with MORE money turns up in a NEW super design 28 footer.. and I think, what a great choice for the purpose.
All the problems that occur on a 20 year old rassy occur on other quality boats too..like the ones listed here. Buyers of NEW hr, najad etc are the exception to the normal cruisers.. If a choice - second hand - is to be made between many of the designs listed above and a sh HR Malo etc, and preparing it for liveaboard trvelling, then the hr types would always be more expensive, by far, and need an equivelent amount spent on them.. which is what I was saying above.

Oh dear. I looked at the original OP and thought that this would be interesting. I shan't read past this post…

 

[Andy and Lyn]

Westerly Renown - 9.5 M. Need bigger!!

 

[tcm]

Very interested to see what comes out here, as there seems to be a vocal bunch with very definite my boat is best theme, but I would also like the rest to lay it down.
For the purposes of this exercise, I am not interested where you are or what you do with it, just what you have.
Thanks....

I'm only four years late for this thread - we're on as Privilege 495 catamaran....

 

[KellysEye]

38 foot round bilge steel ketch.

 

[JustinC]

Westerly OceanQuest 35 Aft Cockpit version.

Me, the missus, and a 1.5 yr old, with another one on the way early next year.

 

[FullCircle]

Gee, welcome back to haunt me.....

I still have the same boat, and can't think of another I want to trade up to.

 

[Borden]

Old but solid

Moody 47 built at Swanwick by Moodys in 1984.
Solid, reliable and very fast for her weight.

Colin