What is your dream Yacht / Boat?

Easy!

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love that and dream of sailing past it watching you and the boat.

for me not this very big stuff either, with money no object I'd have a hunton in the solent for easy day trips to Guernsey in 2 hours from the needles, and a saily boat in greece, I think it would be an arcona, but I'd have fun getting up to date with the latest offerings before deciding.
 
I reckon a brigantine, new-built in steel; about four beams in her length, with long overhangs and bowsprit...

...maybe 70' lod x 50' lwl x 16' beam...so, not as tubby as real old square-riggers, and no hideous hard work just for two knots VMG - designed with a bit of slickness underwater, improved aerodynamics in the rig, and employing discreet modern tricks for furling...not exactly in-yard forecourse reefing, but no need to go aloft when it's getting hairy, either.

So, most of the tarred-flavour and sights/sounds of a trad sailing ship, plus fairly clear teak decks with ornate bulwarks and rails, not quite Jack Sparrow terrain, but not so damned efficient and boringly spartan as modern yachts aim to be. And reasonable performance, backed up with two properly-silenced diesels...

...and, a convertible wheelhouse. A big, foursquare, bolt-on framework which can be broken into components to fit into purpose-designed cavities below deck, or stay in place to make winter passages pleasurable instead of purgatory.

Galley separate from saloon. Full beam owner's stateroom aft, two decent symmetrical ensuite guest-doubles forward of the saloon, and a big disorderly fo'c'sle with eight crew bunks that are stuffed with sails. Let 'em muck in and ask permission to thank the skipper for their rations. Give them two bathrooms though. I know, I'm too nice...:rolleyes:

I guess the very unusual rigging elements would cost the most, but since none of it needs to be very high-tech, I doubt such a vessel would cost as much to build new, as equivalent-sized prestige designs from the Baltic...

...and none of them would attract a fraction as much admiration.

Well, you did ask.
 
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