PaulMcRae
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We are a husband and wife team in our 40s both semi retired and now living in Cyprus. We have owned motor cruisers for about 25 years but since our life is now totally different, we have decided to 'change loyalties' and buy a sailing boat. I have subscribed to Yachting Monthly buts its all about lazyjacks, slab-reefing, asymmetric spinnakers, tri radial roller geneoas, lewmars and all the 'yachty' stuff which may as well be greek to me and isnt all that helpful at this stage of my learning career!
We want a boat that we can handle ourself (we are both fit and active), with the ocassional couple of friends staying overnight for the odd weekend. We want to go long distances (something capable of getting from Cyprus to Spain every other year), not too interested in performance but the boat must be a reasonable standard of living, ie we want air con, central heating, satellite TV, cooker, washing machine, fridge/freezer etc so that implies decent generator etc and presumably a reasonably big boat like a 40-50 footer.
Cost isnt so much of an issue. What should I be looking for or is it a good idea to buy a little boat to 'learn on' first for a year. Whats your thoughts
We want a boat that we can handle ourself (we are both fit and active), with the ocassional couple of friends staying overnight for the odd weekend. We want to go long distances (something capable of getting from Cyprus to Spain every other year), not too interested in performance but the boat must be a reasonable standard of living, ie we want air con, central heating, satellite TV, cooker, washing machine, fridge/freezer etc so that implies decent generator etc and presumably a reasonably big boat like a 40-50 footer.
Cost isnt so much of an issue. What should I be looking for or is it a good idea to buy a little boat to 'learn on' first for a year. Whats your thoughts