Seaward (Hake) 46 RK..Nice boat, perfect for thin water sailing and the kind of coastal cruising that I do..
http://www.seawardyachts.com/46rk.html
http://www.seawardyachts.com/46rk.html
What is your dream boat?
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We're done buying boats. The IP 31 will be our last boat because it captures everything important to us, not too big, not too small, best built boat in the world, no cored hull or balsa wood decks, stability, well designed, roomy, carries her canvas over three sails and with a good turn of speed.
OTOH, if we won the lottery, then a Cherubini 44 would be my absolute dream! However there would have to be funds available to hire someone to keep up the brightwork etc.
http://www.cruisingworld.com/sailboats/boat-reviews/cherubini-44-mark-ii-rhapsody-in-blue
Ok, ok back to reality
Matt
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OTOH, if we won the lottery, then a Cherubini 44 would be my absolute dream! However there would have to be funds available to hire someone to keep up the brightwork etc.
http://www.cruisingworld.com/sailboats/boat-reviews/cherubini-44-mark-ii-rhapsody-in-blue
Ok, ok back to reality
Matt
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Passport 47
As is, nothing more needed....
Anywhere....
http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=2773
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yep! we are on the same plane. The seawards are fancy sharpies... which is why I like Reuel Parker's boats. But now that you mentioned it... and since we are pretending we have infinite money... I'm with ou on the seaward. I like the thin water option.... and I think I'd be stressed out worrying about the bottom if I had a deep keel boat.
I have to say that I love the Caliber, the Passport 47 AC, and a bunch of the Island Packets. I would love to be able to buy a Caliber one day but that is probably another day dream.
I think that if I was that loaded my temptation would be to own more boats than cars.
I think that if I was that loaded my temptation would be to own more boats than cars.
Boy, you read my mind. After over 50 years of being on a huge variety of vessels, I'd have to go with a traditional gaff topsail schooner about 150 feet long. I'd want it to be a new construction, made of black iron (no rust) clipper bow and fantail stern.
I'd want to design all the systems, engine room and interior layout, but take the lines from an existing, proven sailing vessel. One screw and two generators. All the mod-cons including a watermaker, walk in freezer and of course a real laundry room. I'd like a good bridge/pilothouse, but would forgo it if it ruined the lines of the boat. All navigation electronics at the helm with back-ups in the navigation/chart room. Teak decks, of course and no large deck house.
Of course our stateroom would be palatial, with a walk in closet and lots of drawers and a center line king bed. Crew quarters would be fantastic for the dozen or so who'd like to sail on forever with my lady and I. The interior would be all wood paneling; black walnut for the salon and teak and mahogany with ash trim elsewhere, varnished to a high gloss. I saw one vessel that had black leather walls and bulkheads with tiger eye trim and it was truly stunning, but a bit "flash" for me.
A galley where our Parisian chef could prepare gastronomical delights at sea or anchor and only the finest coffee would be served aboard.
If you've never been aboard a large schooner under full sail in a bit of a blow, tearing across the sea on the edge of control, you just can not understand the allure. The whole crew working as a team to get the most out of the vessel and she returning your efforts with a graceful ease that melds man and machine.
We'd never stop sailing; the world would be our oyster. It wouldn't be about where you were going, it would be about the getting there; the voyage. Anybody got some lottery numbers that work?
I'd want to design all the systems, engine room and interior layout, but take the lines from an existing, proven sailing vessel. One screw and two generators. All the mod-cons including a watermaker, walk in freezer and of course a real laundry room. I'd like a good bridge/pilothouse, but would forgo it if it ruined the lines of the boat. All navigation electronics at the helm with back-ups in the navigation/chart room. Teak decks, of course and no large deck house.
Of course our stateroom would be palatial, with a walk in closet and lots of drawers and a center line king bed. Crew quarters would be fantastic for the dozen or so who'd like to sail on forever with my lady and I. The interior would be all wood paneling; black walnut for the salon and teak and mahogany with ash trim elsewhere, varnished to a high gloss. I saw one vessel that had black leather walls and bulkheads with tiger eye trim and it was truly stunning, but a bit "flash" for me.
A galley where our Parisian chef could prepare gastronomical delights at sea or anchor and only the finest coffee would be served aboard.
If you've never been aboard a large schooner under full sail in a bit of a blow, tearing across the sea on the edge of control, you just can not understand the allure. The whole crew working as a team to get the most out of the vessel and she returning your efforts with a graceful ease that melds man and machine.
We'd never stop sailing; the world would be our oyster. It wouldn't be about where you were going, it would be about the getting there; the voyage. Anybody got some lottery numbers that work?
We'd never stop sailing; the world would be our oyster. It wouldn't be about where you were going, it would be about the getting there; the voyage.
That should be a plaque!!!!
That should be a plaque!!!!
Simple...
Unlimited budget... that's easy. The Maltese Falcon.
BTW I read with the automation on this it can almost be singlehanded
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_(yacht)
-Levin
Unlimited budget... that's easy. The Maltese Falcon.
BTW I read with the automation on this it can almost be singlehanded
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_(yacht)
-Levin
No owner responsibilities
My dream boat would be one owned by a sweetie, like the one pictured, who would take me sailing whenever I asked.
My dream boat would be one owned by a sweetie, like the one pictured, who would take me sailing whenever I asked.
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