What boat would you choose?

[manlyp]

I'm in the market for a 40' to 45' sailing boat for short handed long distance live aboard cruising and my budget is £175K. I want a comfortable, modern second hand boat that will will maintain its resale value. I'm impressed by modern French boats but not by their Displacement/LWL ratios. What models should I look at? I am an experienced sailor.

 

[john_morris_uk]

New or second hand?

You have a huge range to choose from second hand. If you want a quality boat, an older Malo or Halberg Rassey or Najad should be available second hand for that sort of money. Newer ones at that size range tend to be a bit more expensive.

A late Westerly Oceanlord is a great cruising boat and you would have enough money left over to load it up with gear and toys to help you on your cruising way.

Otherwise you have lots of other boats to choose from...

 

[Judders]

I would give up three feet and go for a Sunbeam 37 centre cockpit.

Its as roomy as any 40 footer I've been on and the build quality for the money is astounding. Everything is as standard.

Alas your budget is about £170k more than mine so I'll carry on dreaming.

 

[Richard10002]

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I'm in the market for a 40' to 45' sailing boat for short handed long distance live aboard cruising and my budget is £175K. I want a comfortable, modern second hand boat that will will maintain its resale value. I'm impressed by modern French boats but not by their Displacement/LWL ratios. What models should I look at? I am an experienced sailor.

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I've just bought a 1995 Moody 44 and can state categorically that you will spend about £30k of your budget on kitting it out for living aboard.

With your budget, I would have probably stretched to a Hallberg Rassy, Najad, Sweden yachts, Nauticat etc...

After a few years research, I also decided that 43ft was the minimum two of us would want to live on, and 45ft was probably as long as we would want to handle without extra crew.

Good Luck!

 

[theforeman]

you might want to consider a bavaria 40 vision. there could be a lightly used secondhand one coming on the market in about a year from now /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Mirelle]

An Alubat OVNI

French, modern, designed for your purpose and by all accounts a very well built boat.

such as this one

 

[manlyp]

Re: An Alubat OVNI

Thanks for the comment. The OVNI is an interesting boat but (1) the galley is in the middle of the saloon - cooking is impractical at sea - and (2) I want a master cabin in the stern. Bow master cabins are fine if you like listening to the anchor all night!

 

[Mirelle]

Re: An Alubat OVNI

How about this one, then?

(I hasten to say that I have no connection with the builders, designers or anyone else connected with these boats, and as you may see from my profile my own boat is very different, but I do like these!)

 

[Benbow]

Re: An Alubat OVNI

I met a cruising family in Dar-es-salaam a few months ago in a beautifuly setup Ovni 40 something called 'Sally Lightfoot'. If you google that, you will find their webpage. They seemed very happy with the boat for serious cruising.

 

[manlyp]

Re: An Alubat OVNI

Alas the only refence to Sally Lightfoot I found with Goggle was a crab that lived on the Galapagos Islands!

 

[BrendanS]

Re: An Alubat OVNI

if you search sally lightfoot ovni, it's the first hit on google

http://www.sallylightfoot.nl/archive_2005-m04.html

 

[Benbow]

Re: An Alubat OVNI

try www.sallylightfoot.nl

 

[manlyp]

Thanks for your comments.

My figure of £175K included the fitting out costs and I had in mind £30k for that purpose. I want to cruise in reasonable comfort in my old age!

I had thought of HRs, Malo and Sweden Yachts. New ones of the size that interests me seemed to be prohibitively expensive and, whilst they keep their value, second hand ones would have to be quite old to fit my budget. I would prefer the age of a second hand boat to be under 4 years because in my experience a lot of things need replacing after that time.

 

[Rowana]

If ever I win the lottery, a Najad

Having sailed this very one from the builders yard to the Hamble, I was instantly in love . . . .

http://www.najad.com/najad_yach_511_test7.asp

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[A_7]

Spend a bit more and get a Rustler 42.

 

[Woodentop]

Re: An Alubat OVNI

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Thanks for the comment. The OVNI is an interesting boat but (1) the galley is in the middle of the saloon - cooking is impractical at sea - and (2) I want a master cabin in the stern. Bow master cabins are fine if you like listening to the anchor all night!

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As I understand it, OVNI put these things where you want them. Layout is buyers choice.

Next - anchor bridle ?