What is your dream Yacht / Boat?

[OGITD]

Well! ..... with history, sailing and music ... it would have to be the Mayan:

 

[CoVianna]

Easy!

 

[Norfolknick]

+1 on a Spirit - of course with their full time support over the winter. There is a great deal of woodwork and brightwork to maintain!!!

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Easy. The star of "When Eight Bells Toll"



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[Whitelighter]

Moody 62DS though I'd take a 54 at a push

 

[jonic]

Moody 62DS though I'd take a 54 at a push

Go on then...

I have to say she ticks all my boxes. I still like the Gunfleet 43 too.

 

[Whitelighter]

Go on then...

I have to say she ticks all my boxes. I still like the Gunfleet 43 too.

Lovely boat Jonic - I really like the big centre cockpit moodys.

Bit too rich for me sadly - but if you ever get a 46 or a 47 at close to £150k let me know.

 

[capnsensible]

Moody 33 live the dream

 

[winsbury]

Oyster 725 .... fell in love with it at the Southampton show last year.
http://www.oystermarine.com/fleet/725/virtualtour.aspx

 

[Pinnacle]

Oyster 885

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[SamanthaTabs]

Dutch barge, with a bath! More like a floating cottage complete with arga, yep - a really girly reply

 

[[32511]]

Nothing too big and flashy- I'll settle for a Spirit 37!

 

[Elessar]

Easy!

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.

 

[Vara]

Gunfleet 43

 

[Mudisox]

Gunfleet 48, its a big as I would want.

 

[armchairsailor]

Winner, J class, Anderson 22 - so many choices...

 

[yodave]

A Jongert ...80ft or so, a bit like "Uisge Beatha". She (was) beautiful. Such a waste.

http://www.ourlifeatsea.com

But I guess there's always "Ameena" http://www.charterworld.com/news/sa...r-a-refit-credit-“e-j-bruinekool-fotografie-4

 

[Greenheart]

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...

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.

 

[Sandgrounder]

Rustler 33 for those itches and

Tradewind 39 for the longer trips. Neither on its own though!

 

[cryan]

A lug rigged Fife, Zulu or Baldie.