Chris_Robb
Well-Known Member
Help - looking for 40 footer - don\'t know what I want!
I have started the search for another boat to replace Corsair (victory 40) I sold 18 months ago.
Dilema - Corsair was a heavyweight go anywhere. We will not be doing "go anywhere" sailing as her indoors wants to cruise gently through the med - probably based for 4 -6 weeks at a time on board - twice a year.
So - A heavy weight is probably the wrong boat. However since I became boatless I have sailed extensively on a Beneteau 47.7 and less on a Bav 38 Holiday. Beneteau handles like a dinghy, despite iits size and is great fun, behaving well in rough down wind conditions. Bav handles like an uncontrolled pig in any seaway and wind - god knows what it would be like in a 8 down wind!
Beneteau shakes every time you hit a wave - very disconcerting on a long beat.
So I am almost convinced that I might go for an AWB - purely because of light weather performance and good living accomodation. But I do want a big engine - as Her in doors doesn't do thrashing to windward.
OK - so my Budget will be around £100K - so it will have to be older boats. Now here comes the problem. Every boat we looked at above 40 ft had teak decks. Some were on to their second deck, and others would obviously need a new deck during my ownership (56 now - so at least another 10 to 15 years)
The only boat we looked at with out a teak deck was a 2 year old Jeneau 45 - walking down the side decks cause a brittle creaking sound - what was that - delamination of the foam core?
Should I avoid teak decks? almost every european boat seems to have them. Or can you replace with something else later. I notice that most AWB do not have any fittings over the teak - so preparation costs removing and replacing will not be so bad. where as a Rasy would entail the removal of every stantion, cleat, chain plate going......
What does the team think?
I have started the search for another boat to replace Corsair (victory 40) I sold 18 months ago.
Dilema - Corsair was a heavyweight go anywhere. We will not be doing "go anywhere" sailing as her indoors wants to cruise gently through the med - probably based for 4 -6 weeks at a time on board - twice a year.
So - A heavy weight is probably the wrong boat. However since I became boatless I have sailed extensively on a Beneteau 47.7 and less on a Bav 38 Holiday. Beneteau handles like a dinghy, despite iits size and is great fun, behaving well in rough down wind conditions. Bav handles like an uncontrolled pig in any seaway and wind - god knows what it would be like in a 8 down wind!
Beneteau shakes every time you hit a wave - very disconcerting on a long beat.
So I am almost convinced that I might go for an AWB - purely because of light weather performance and good living accomodation. But I do want a big engine - as Her in doors doesn't do thrashing to windward.
OK - so my Budget will be around £100K - so it will have to be older boats. Now here comes the problem. Every boat we looked at above 40 ft had teak decks. Some were on to their second deck, and others would obviously need a new deck during my ownership (56 now - so at least another 10 to 15 years)
The only boat we looked at with out a teak deck was a 2 year old Jeneau 45 - walking down the side decks cause a brittle creaking sound - what was that - delamination of the foam core?
Should I avoid teak decks? almost every european boat seems to have them. Or can you replace with something else later. I notice that most AWB do not have any fittings over the teak - so preparation costs removing and replacing will not be so bad. where as a Rasy would entail the removal of every stantion, cleat, chain plate going......
What does the team think?
