Small is …..errr cheaper

[Wansworth]

Come across a Benetaue 18 in Coruna area that will do as a weekender and should quench my thirst for sailing ….oor not.Cannot afford to spend too much and this little boat should be ok round the rias…..cannot decide if I should give up on sailing

 

[Wansworth]

https://www.milanuncios.com/veleros/first-18-benetau-508082346.htm

 

[Bouba]

Come across a Benetaue 18 in Coruna area that will do as a weekender and should quench my thirst for sailing ….oor not.Cannot afford to spend too much and this little boat should be ok round the rias…..cannot decide if I should give up on sailing

Buying a boat is the best way to know if it’s worth boating

 

[Wansworth]

FIRST 18 (BENETEAU) - sailboatdata

 

[Bouba]

If you buy one...there are only three possible outcomes (non of which are bad)....either you will realize it’s time to swallow the anchor and sell her....you will enjoy her and keep her....you will rekindle your love of sailing and sell her to buy a bigger boat

 

[Wansworth]

If you buy one...there are only three possible outcomes (non of which are bad)....either you will realize it’s time to swallow the anchor and sell her....you will enjoy her and keep her....you will rekindle your love of sailing and sell her to buy a bigger boat

Yes,your right,thanks!

 

[LittleSister]

Come across a Benetaue 18 in Coruna area that will do as a weekender and should quench my thirst for sailing ….oor not.Cannot afford to spend too much and this little boat should be ok round the rias…..

Go for it!

 

[srm]

Am in a similar position as sold my ocean capable boat a month or so ago after finishing chemo and accepting that I would not use her properly. That was a few months short of 50 years since buying my first cruising boat, and have always had one if not two since. Its a bit of a shock being boatless, but also a relief that someone else is taking good care of her.
Am sort of looking around for a small "dinghy with a lid on" to potter around with.

 

[MisterBaxter]

A small, modern boat with no exposed woodwork anywhere on her, decent sails, an outboard, a chemical toilet or no toilet and a self-draining cockpit so she can be left on a mooring, is about as cheap and simple to run as a sailing boat ever gets. I had a 21 footer for three years, spent nothing much except a bit of my time on her, and sold her for what I paid.

 

[Baggywrinkle]

Oh for heavens sake, get on with it!! .... better to regret something you have done, than something you haven't

 

[westernman]

https://www.milanuncios.com/veleros/first-18-benetau-508082346.htm

I thought you were going for the newer First SE 18.

 

[Bouba]

I thought you were going for the newer First SE 18.

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That would terrify me

 

[LittleSister]

Oh for heavens sake, get on with it!! .... better to regret something you have done, than something you haven't

You learnt that from your prison cell-mate, did you?

 

[zoidberg]

 

[Daydream believer]

Have you finished cutting that grass yet? if not stop daydreaming & get mowing, you lazy sod.

 

[Wansworth]

Have you finished cutting that grass yet? if not stop daydreaming & get mowing, you lazy sod.

Always look forward to your posts

 

[KevinV]

https://www.milanuncios.com/veleros/first-18-benetau-508082346.htm

The cushions and headlining look a bit tired, but it's a lovely little boat and if it has new sails and comes with the trailer then what's not to like?

As per the theme tune to Why Don't You? switch off the TV and go do something more interesting instead

 

[lusitano]

Am in a similar position as sold my ocean capable boat a month or so ago after finishing chemo and accepting that I would not use her properly. That was a few months short of 50 years since buying my first cruising boat, and have always had one if not two since. Its a bit of a shock being boatless, but also a relief that someone else is taking good care of her.
Am sort of looking around for a small "dinghy with a lid on" to potter around with.

Found myself in a similar situation and really felt insecure being boatless. Found this little gem in Freisland and ;ooking forward to pootling around the coast very soon.

 

[Bouba]

Found myself in a similar situation and really felt insecure being boatless. Found this little gem in Freisland and View attachment 175503;ooking forward to pootling around the coast very soon.

It’s nice that it can sit on a flat trailer.....you could tow that with an electric car

 

[Chiara’s slave]

It’s nice that it can sit on a flat trailer.....you could tow that with an electric car

I should tow mine with an electric car. Both the car and the boat get the same reaction from some people.

Anyway, Wansworth, your proposed ride looks lovely. An entirely suitable sailboat. Sadly it will never be yours, but you, and the rest of us, can dream.