[Alberg30] A37 Great Liveaboard...What others?

[Mike Lehman]

Thank you Windows XP for sending my messages before I am finished typing them! Here is the rest of my message.


  I agree with George. Personally I might look at a Grand Banks or other make trawler. Lots of room; cruising abilities; and after the 5 years that you HAD to live on the boat - buy a cruising sailboat. Like George says "Boats are compromises".
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: George Dinwiddie 
    To: Alberg 30 public list 
    Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:15 PM
    Subject: Re: [Alberg30] A37 Great Liveaboard...What others?


    Boats are compromises.  If the only criterion is being good for living 
    aboard, I'd get a houseboat, not a sailboat.  A friend did just that, 
    and keeps his sailboat in the same marina.  That gives him two different 
    sweet spots, one for living on the water and the other for cruising 
    offshore.

    If you plan to use one boat for living aboard and cruising, then you 
    have to consider how you'll use the boat.  Will you also be working in 
    one place for extended periods of time?  Where will you be 
    cruising--inland, coastal, offshore?  What's the depth of water?  How 
    far will you be from provisions and fresh water?  Do you prefer doing 
    things yourself or paying someone else to do them?  Do you prefer to 
    cook for yourself or eat out?  What hobbies and other interests do you have?

    You need to balance the answers to all of these questions, and more.

      - George


    johnny Raffi wrote:
    > Since someone has brought up the A37 and Whitby 42, I will pose this
    > question: If you HAD to liveaboard for 5 years, yourself and a
    > spouse, which sailboat, of all you've ever experienced, would you
    > want to do it on? Oh, and you will only have US$155,000! My sister
    > and her husband are about to do this, and will be very interested in
    > the collected widsom of this list .i, myself, have already decided to
    > go the A30 route.

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                                                from 'Ithaka' by C.P. Cavafy
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