Carmel2
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When you move aboard you will find after 6 months the boat will be bigger because you will have got rid of stuff you thought you could not live without but you can.
Just how claustrophobic is it ?
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Baggy
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Have to say
It would be a real privilege... to have a Privilege
but I cant afford one.. :nonchalance:
It would be a real privilege... to have a Privilege
but I cant afford one.. :nonchalance:
silver-fox
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The advice I was given was "Buy the smallest boat you can live on rather than the largest one you can afford" We bought a 42 ft Moody and at first it felt cramped but as we adapted and simplified our lives it got bigger and bigger and, in truth, we could easily have managed with a smaller boat.
Does it get claustrophobic? Not in my experience, the reverse happens because you become accustomed to the boat and going below in all weathers without the queasy feelings you may get as a weekend sailor. Also as has been already mentioned, you will live outside and to quote an old Triumph TR7 advert... you will have 93M miles headroom.
So, as you will have guessed, I am with the majority view, stick with what you have and be glad of the savings, its a fine boat. No matter what you buy there is always someone with something bigger/better/faster.
But as is often said....the view is the same no matter what you paid for your boat!
Does it get claustrophobic? Not in my experience, the reverse happens because you become accustomed to the boat and going below in all weathers without the queasy feelings you may get as a weekend sailor. Also as has been already mentioned, you will live outside and to quote an old Triumph TR7 advert... you will have 93M miles headroom.
So, as you will have guessed, I am with the majority view, stick with what you have and be glad of the savings, its a fine boat. No matter what you buy there is always someone with something bigger/better/faster.
But as is often said....the view is the same no matter what you paid for your boat!
phanakapan
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We are nearly 4 years in to living on and sailing our 36' Van de Stadt. I can't imagine feeling claustrophobic anywhere other than in a house now. It's tons big enough for the 2 of us, is under the magic 12m marina fee-charging level. In fact we often wish we'd kept the Moody 33 we had before.
We have 'visited' on much larger boats and catamarans- and apart from feeling envious of a nice bit of woodwork here or a nifty sail plan there, we wouldn't swap for anything. A bigger, posher boat = more expense/ more to go wrong/ more to clean/ more stuff to get nicked or worry about/more lockers full of rubbish.
Need space from your partner for a while? Go on deck/into the forepeak(or aft cabin)/ashore/for a swim/put earphones on and stick your head in a book.
We have 'visited' on much larger boats and catamarans- and apart from feeling envious of a nice bit of woodwork here or a nifty sail plan there, we wouldn't swap for anything. A bigger, posher boat = more expense/ more to go wrong/ more to clean/ more stuff to get nicked or worry about/more lockers full of rubbish.
Need space from your partner for a while? Go on deck/into the forepeak(or aft cabin)/ashore/for a swim/put earphones on and stick your head in a book.
KellysEye
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We spent 85% of time ashore often hiring a car to explore the area and 15% sailing in a 38 foot ketch. Certainly never had cabin fever, you are to busy adjusting sails, keeping watch, navigating, cooking, sleeping, fixing things and something else;-) Apart from sleeping, cooking and navigation you will spend the rest of the time on deck watching the waves/swells go by and reading the odd book.
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