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

[Mike Lehman]

I agree with George. Personally I might
  ----- 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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