I recommend a hot tub, dodger, full bimini, dinghy davits, dinghy, and home theater with surround sound inside and out.
What are the top four sailing vessels I should consider?
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And that San Diego craigslist ad for the 70 ft. steel motor-sailor has been flagged for removal, for some reason...
The short list
A lot of the things on your list are not "boat" specific. All boats should have them or could have them as an add on. Sooooo, what you are really looking for is:
I am looking for a Sailboat that has:
1. Great comfortable onboard living for four and an ‘occasional’ guest or three.
2. is reasonably swift,
3.
4. Is seaworthy for blue water.
5. A nice navigation station below deck,
c. Refrigerator AND Ice Box
e. Hanging lockers for both cabins
f. Good amount of drawers for both cabins.
g. Plenty of fresh water
h. Generous holding tank
i. Generous fuel capacity.
7. Certainly 38' plus in length and say 12'+ beam.
8. Two (or more) cabins plus a center cabin.
9. Must have ceiling to make a 6’4” person not duck.
10. Something 'home-eee', inviting and comforting below deck.
11. Something with nice walk-ability and lay-ability topside to use most/all of the topside deck space as we love being outside in the sun and roaming around a deck.
12. A diesel engine
13. Two heads.
14. Two showers would be nice but not necessary.
15. Mast/s and rigging that work well and with reasonable ease.
17. Love teak below deck, but must just be nice and uplifting inside.
18. Need plenty of natural light coming in below deck.
19. Need plenty of visibility to the outside from below deck. Must be able to see outside, hopefully around much of the vessel, reasonably well from below deck. Large portlites in main center cabin area.
20. Would ‘like’ to see stainless steel opening portlites in cabins.
21. Hatches in both cabins to deck.
22. Well equipped, comfortable, and functional and uplifting galley area.
23. Love to swim, shave and groom at the stern so it would be nice to be able to facilitate such with a swimming platform (might be willing to give this up for the right vessel).
28. Pulpit with two anchors, Windlass would be a plus.
But we still do not know what you intend to / how you intend to use the boat. some of these are mutually exclusive. For instance sails swiftly and roomy in side. Also what is the priority of this stuff? Is fast blue water passage more important than comfort at anchor? Most would say that since you don't spend much time sailing between ports and do spend the majority of your time at anchor/slip you would want to prioritize the "at anchor" features and suffer with "sufficient blue water capabilities" and then invest in a weather fax and a book on how to read them to avoid the majority of "blue water issues" which typically look like large waves
A lot of the things on your list are not "boat" specific. All boats should have them or could have them as an add on. Sooooo, what you are really looking for is:
I am looking for a Sailboat that has:
1. Great comfortable onboard living for four and an ‘occasional’ guest or three.
2. is reasonably swift,
3.
4. Is seaworthy for blue water.
5. A nice navigation station below deck,
c. Refrigerator AND Ice Box
e. Hanging lockers for both cabins
f. Good amount of drawers for both cabins.
g. Plenty of fresh water
h. Generous holding tank
i. Generous fuel capacity.
7. Certainly 38' plus in length and say 12'+ beam.
8. Two (or more) cabins plus a center cabin.
9. Must have ceiling to make a 6’4” person not duck.
10. Something 'home-eee', inviting and comforting below deck.
11. Something with nice walk-ability and lay-ability topside to use most/all of the topside deck space as we love being outside in the sun and roaming around a deck.
12. A diesel engine
13. Two heads.
14. Two showers would be nice but not necessary.
15. Mast/s and rigging that work well and with reasonable ease.
17. Love teak below deck, but must just be nice and uplifting inside.
18. Need plenty of natural light coming in below deck.
19. Need plenty of visibility to the outside from below deck. Must be able to see outside, hopefully around much of the vessel, reasonably well from below deck. Large portlites in main center cabin area.
20. Would ‘like’ to see stainless steel opening portlites in cabins.
21. Hatches in both cabins to deck.
22. Well equipped, comfortable, and functional and uplifting galley area.
23. Love to swim, shave and groom at the stern so it would be nice to be able to facilitate such with a swimming platform (might be willing to give this up for the right vessel).
28. Pulpit with two anchors, Windlass would be a plus.
But we still do not know what you intend to / how you intend to use the boat. some of these are mutually exclusive. For instance sails swiftly and roomy in side. Also what is the priority of this stuff? Is fast blue water passage more important than comfort at anchor? Most would say that since you don't spend much time sailing between ports and do spend the majority of your time at anchor/slip you would want to prioritize the "at anchor" features and suffer with "sufficient blue water capabilities" and then invest in a weather fax and a book on how to read them to avoid the majority of "blue water issues" which typically look like large waves
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money is no object right?
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money is no object right?
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http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/23308
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Go to the advanced search option @ yachtword.com. Plug in minimum size (e.g. 38'), maximum age (newer than yr 2000), and maximum dollars or range (e.g., 90,000 to $130,000), then search the various geographic regions. Check the specifics of the candidate yachts for your criteria. Bigger, better, newer boats cost the most. Do this at least a couple of times a month or even weekly for a while and you'll eventually see what sells and what doesn't (= tacit recommendation).
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