Yes, another "which boat?" question...

[ZedtheHead]

Yes, another \"which boat?\" question...

Woohoo!!, my first post....

Basically I need some advice. I'm about to fork out 100K on a yacht and before I do something I might regret, I'm gathering opinions from whoever will listen to me.

For that money, I'm looking at a 5-8 year old Bavaria 46ish or a slightly older Beneteau 50ish, or something else thereabouts. Does anyone have any good or bad experiences with these or any others in their class?

Also, what are they like to sail? I have only a little experience with a 38footer.

Thanks in advance for any replies. Great forum folks.

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[Talbot]

Re: Yes, another \"which boat?\" question...

welcome to the forum, you wont get many responses until tomorrow night. You need to tell us what you want to do with the boat, in order for us to be able to give proper advice. e.g, Liveaboard, cruise channel area, solent only with occasional trips across to France, long distance sailing.

The sort of boat you are looking at is certainly good for some of these!

personnally prefer a catamaran, but thats cause I dont like to spill my G&T /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[jonjo]

Re: Too big

I suggest you cut your teeth on something smaller. At 32 feet or 4 tons it is possible to overcome parking and sail handling mistakes with muscle power. The yachts you are talking about will be 10 to 15 tons.

The problem with the interim training boat suggestion is that yachts are not particularly tradable commodities, but a recent 32 foot Beneteau or Bavaria is about as tradable as you can get.

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[DavidGrieves]

Re: Yes, another \"which boat?\" question...

Hi

I must agree with other posts, 50' and brand new, might be to big, if you don't have a lot of experience and crew are looking to you for instruction/leadership, you may end up in a situation out of your depth and scare everybody on board including yourself. I'd try something about around the 32' to 36' and a few years old, but go for something well known like a Moody, Westerly, Sadler. They won't depreciate much over a couple of year and will sell again when you are ready to trade up.

Book yourself on an RYA course you can even do one in the sun. You could also try a flotilla holiday. The boat show is not too far away, if you can get there you can step on board many different yachts, have a look round and ask yourself can I sail this with the crew I have? You don't want to buy something only to find it sits in the marina because you can't crew it!!!


Best of luck and enjoy the learning experience.

David


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[willothewisp]

Re: Yes, another \"which boat?\" question...

If you have as little experience as you say (bareboating, perhaps?) why go out of pocket and out of your depth in buying a huge boat like that? If you're willing to fork out 100K I'm sure there are many more options. Value for money doesn't always express itself in size! I myself find Bavarias quite roomy, even if they're 35 ft.
How many people would you generally have on board - do you plan to actually sail the thing, or use it as a luxury floating caravan?
Re size: I own a 35 ft elderly Hallberg Rassy 35. Compared to a Bavaria 35 she is puny, but at least when sailing her I don't have to worry about falling off (the cockpit of a Bavaria being very high up), or being thrown about the cabin like a pea in a pod. My loo's so small I can actually use it in a choppy sea!

Hope this helps,

Will o'the Wisp


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[ZedtheHead]

Re: Yes, another "which boat?" question...

I live in Greece and the boat is going to be for a (possible) one-man-charter-business as well as for island hopping when it isn't chartered out (which I hope won't be TOO often).

I'm aiming high as I don't want to go through the trouble of buying and selling if I can avoid it.


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