Beneteau comparison

[Nick]

Hi fellow sailors,I've been sailing for a couple of years now and am planning on buying a new boat to sail around the pacific. I like the 50ft beneteaus i've seen and was wondering you I could get some advice from you guys, like... ... is beneteau better than gib'sea, or would you suggest another... what are the knacks that i have to watch out for... any general information you'd like to part withbest regards,Nick

 

[larry w]

I'm usually skeptical

about these posts from people who claim to have the scratch to up and buy a 50' boat, but I'll put my two cents out there; Beneteau's are NOT designed to sail around the world. They'll do it, they're strong enough, but they were designed for ten-day charters in tropical waters. They don't have the fuel capacity, for one, and they are almost all masthead sloops, not my first choice for an around-the-world sail. There are other things, but these two should be enough to knock them off the list, period. BTW, I have an OC400 that I took to Mexico from So. Cal., if that means anything to you.