Is there an ultimate first liveaboard sailing boat for a bachelor?

[cherod]

Hello my fellow boaty-types

Thank you for clicking in for a look.

Is there an ultimate first liveaboard for a bachelor?

How big do you need to go to get 6ft headroom?

Designed for single-handed sailing?

To keep this in realms of reality for the majority let's keep budget under £20k? What's possible?

A boat that will be strong enough to sail from the UK to the Med, Portugal, maybe even the Azores...
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Yes, I'm asking for me but wanted to open a discussion to help me decide if this is a realistic option for me to embrace next year.

You might want go check the youtube channel “ sailing yorkshireman “ as an example of how little one needs

 

[RAI]

I got persuaded into the liveaboard life by Annie Hill's book, "Voyaging on a small income". Though no where as extreme as building my own boat.

 

[ashtead]

Maybe but finding a partner after living aboard on your own (particularly in something like a Vega) is probably more difficult than finding one first and convincing them that life on a Moody 36 might be fun! As to Warriors, I was re reading some articles in an old PBO about them when they were still sort of current and realised how poorly designed and built they were in some respects - but owners accepted it, perhaps because many were home completed. They were really only "good" in relation to the limited alternatives that were available at the time.

Last I read Warrior Iolaire II was being sailed in Malaysia by Eoyure so they seem to keep going but maybe that one was well built which caused me to mention as many years ago I had sailed the Solent in her from Wicor .

 

[WADADM]

Interesting choice of the word bachelor to describe your living arrangement. To my mind that very much suggests someone is quite keen to attract partner(s) whether long or short term? That’s potentially a slightly different ideal boat from one who is looking for peaceful isolation?

Nah, quite the opposite. Free would also fit too.

 

[WADADM]

That is a more difficult question.

Do you enjoy your own company?

Yes.

Could you stick it in a small space.

Yes, I lives aboard a tiny GRP cruiser for nearly two years and refitted the interior to make a micro bachelor pad inside.

In four days of solid rain. Whilst paying e39 a day stuck in a marina?

Any port in a storm as they say.

Do you actually like being at sea, with nobody to lean on, out of sight of land, hanging by your own tail?

Limited experience of being out of sight of land like that.

Do you get seasick?

But no, at 45yrs old I've never experienced seasickness thankfully.

Are you good at making do and mending things, ie not paying for things to be mended?

Yes, I'm pretty handy and capable like that.

You could say that lots of people just take off and make a success of it, that's true. However, for every success there may be 100 who never left the mooring, got twenty miles down the coast or gave the boat away in short order. Think on.

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No doubt, that's not me. Determined once I set my mind to something. But for now I'm learning and thinking about how and when to start the next boaty chapter...

 

[Seastoke]

Get a woman who works from home , while you are sailing.

 

[dgadee]

For someone thinking of the Med, get all the work done before you go. UK can be very much cheaper than down south amongst the sharks.

 

[shan]

Interesting choice of the word bachelor to describe your living arrangement. To my mind that very much suggests someone is quite keen to attract partner(s) whether long or short term? That’s potentially a slightly different ideal boat from one who is looking for peaceful isolation?

I would have assumed the opposite. The choice of bachelor very much suggests it’s the preferable state.

 

[Ed Weiss]

I'd also think motorsailor, as the wheelhouse works in both cold and hot weather.

 

[Wansworth]

Batchelor does not necessarily mean not socially interested in his/ her fellow man.A wheelhouse affords opportunity to enjoy an anchour age or harbour whilst cooking or reading.Lookfor a 32 foot yacht with a wheelhouse

 

[doug748]

Sadly the OP has made 5 posts and buggered off, which is not unusual with these sorts of enquiries. We plough a lonely furrow.

 

[[70521]]

Sadly the OP has made 5 posts and buggered off, which is not unusual with these sorts of enquiries. We plough a lonely furrow.

Perhaps he is no longer a bachelor.

 

[12 Year Plan B-)]

Voluminous for an 11m boat which sails well.

 

[12 Year Plan B-)]

My beautiful fin keel 1980 Westerly 33 Ketch is for sale. Well equipped for extended offshore cruising but in need of TLC i.e. a good scrubbing...inside and out!

 

[Daydream believer]

but in need of TLC

I bet we could write some beautiful broker descriptions for that.
like- "Must be viewed to appreciate etc etc"
Any ideas?

 

[Seven Spades]

I would look for an early Nauticat. Lots of space and you will value that, really easy to handle, really safe design. The only thing is you will remain a bachelor... not much in the way of street cred. However for your lifestyle choice these will tick almost every box. They are marginally above your budget but usually there will be some wiggle room.