Sybarite
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Garcia Exploration 45
The Ideal retirement boat?
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Garcia Exploration 45
Wansworth
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Undoubtably a great boat with lots of thought gone into it,and a great salesman! ......just seems too complicated for me
NealB
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and way too big ...... for me, at least.
Zagato
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I thought a retirement boat would be a simple to handle, back to basics affair that would be frugal to own. Something with beautiful classic styling. I suppose it depends on what age you are retiring and from what. That looks like a whole load of grief and maintenance to me. All cost and hassle too big to be fun actually sailing...
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Great boats, no doubt about that. I like the idea of the ballast inside the hull and centre board.
wully1
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I’ve just bought what I hope will be my retirement boat.
Small enough to comfortably single hand. Big enough for two to sail in comfort for a decent length of trip. Plenty lockerage to stow all manner of grot.
Decent performance, good heavy weather ability. No crappy, sharp edge furniture Ikea interior and certainly no Fat Arse twin wheel nonsense. Solid construction.
Cheap to buy, easy to maintain and enough boat work to keep me busy over the winter.
Any guesses what it is?
Small enough to comfortably single hand. Big enough for two to sail in comfort for a decent length of trip. Plenty lockerage to stow all manner of grot.
Decent performance, good heavy weather ability. No crappy, sharp edge furniture Ikea interior and certainly no Fat Arse twin wheel nonsense. Solid construction.
Cheap to buy, easy to maintain and enough boat work to keep me busy over the winter.
Any guesses what it is?
NealB
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Good game, but, come on ..... I'll need a few more clues.
But, please, please ................tell us she's ................................
an Anderson 22?
James_Calvert
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Westerly Fulmar?
Except you didn't mention headlining...
Except you didn't mention headlining...
Wansworth
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Westerly windrush,with make over?
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Really! It's a 2 year old boat, Goss has implied throughout the video that it is hassle free.
wully1
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Getting warmer with the Westerlies...
Buck Turgidson
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When I retire I will want something to tinker with so a solid hull and rig with good sails and a tatty interior in need of a rewire and an upgrade of all systems would be mine. A clapped out old oyster would do nicely 
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Westerly Storm?
johnalison
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When you retire, you will find that you need:
Comfy berths
Good heating
Comfortable heads
Large drinks locker.
Comfy berths
Good heating
Comfortable heads
Large drinks locker.
Rafiki
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Well if Covid hadn't done for my share portfolio maybe I could be tempted................ oh just one thing....................... how much did you say?
Wansworth
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With the García you could do some dusting and hooveringWhen I retire I will want something to tinker with so a solid hull and rig with good sails and a tatty interior in need of a rewire and an upgrade of all systems would be mine. A clapped out old oyster would do nicely
Wansworth
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Retirement boat..........wheelhouse,wood fire,proper berths......low freeboard with bulwarks,proper pulling dinghy with lug sail
Birdseye
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The ideal retirement boat depends part on what sort of retirement you plan and part on your age. I chose a 35 footer thinking that it would be reasonably stable as I got more wobbly, and the winches etc would not be too hard to handle. I tried 40 footers but they were too heavy. 30 footers werenbt big enough for comfort and bounced around too much
wully1
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Blowing Old Boots wins.
And no, there is no droopy headlinin - all replaced.
Im working on upgrading the drinks locker as there wasn’t one. No glasses on board but the previous owner had left two bottles of beer with best before dates of 2017... I don’t think he was a drinker.
And no, there is no droopy headlinin - all replaced.
Im working on upgrading the drinks locker as there wasn’t one. No glasses on board but the previous owner had left two bottles of beer with best before dates of 2017... I don’t think he was a drinker.
Zagato
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Hassle free when all that complexity is working and you can pay someone to maintain it all, service it all and repair it all.
Bit like a Bentley, you would have to factor in the cost of maintaining and repairing all that complexity. You would spend half your time studying manuals and the rest dealing with trades! KISS for fun reliability.