What is your dream boat?

[civilwar1969]

Dream Boat?????

I like our A-23. The cockpit is large enough to fit 6. The boat sleeps 5 and its paid for, and when I get a truck to haul it. I can take it anywhere. But if I won the lottery I would Like to have a Magregor 26m.

 

[Phil003]

I would need two boats a Hunter 260 to tow to all those lovely lakes and an Island Packet 360 for those blue water adventures...

 

[Delezynski]

I would need two boats a Hunter 260 to tow to all those lovely lakes and an Island Packet 360 for those blue water adventures...

Phil,

How about just 1 boat to do both!! We can circumnavigate in comfort, and then trail her any place with a good road..... ;-)

Greg

 

[SweetnSalty]

Dreamboat? Let's see...40-50, in good shape, loves to be on the water....oh, wait, you meant dream boat, not Dreamboat, right?

Well, I do love my old, weathered O'Day Daysailor 1 (1986-88?), but mostly because it's so easy to take out on my own. If there were a partner in crime who loved to sail, however, I think a larger beauty would be in order. I was recently out on a friend's Catalina 32, which seemed easily manageable for two, but much more spacious than my sweet boat.

Okay, but dream boats... I think the Herreshoffs are all just beautiful.

 

[darnoldone]

Hans Christian T33

 

[Patrick S/V Shangra-La]

Allied Princes. 35 ft shallow draft, full keel. Ketch rig...and I can pay cash for the boat. No more payments!!! Great blue water boat for 2 people.

 

[RECESS]

My wife would want us to move to a 50-55 foot catamaran. Would have to research the one we would get if we ever win the lottery. It is complicated by the fact we rarely buy a ticket.

 

[javelyn]

http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/35848 t

 

[javelyn]

http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/35848 t

very sexy canadian made pilot house with centerboard (optional)

 

[rufus1138]

i guess ill chime in, it might not be just a dream for long, but i want a standard draft 33 cherubini hunter tricked out to the gills, enough solar panels to run an inverter that will power a window unit all night (plenty of house batteries obviously) or a dc airconditioner if thats possible, big beefy auto pilot with a good gps, and all lines (reefing included) run to the cockpit. other than that my dream boat is what im on when i get to leave the dock, life is just better on the water.

 

[Doc_holiday]

I just want one I can live the rest of my born days on, going where the wind takes me, catching my dinner and stopping off at exotic islands once in a while for some fruit so I don't get scurvy. Don't care if the diesel breaks down because I have no where I need to be. One that can cruise herself while I take a nap and of course has a 50 caliber machine gun so I can put a few across the bow of any pirates who get frisky. There needs to be a through hull valve attached to a remote EKG so when the old heart quits, she scuttles right there.

 

[Chris Patterson]

I just want one I can live the rest of my born days on, going where the wind takes me, catching my dinner and stopping off at exotic islands once in a while for some fruit so I don't get scurvy. Don't care if the diesel breaks down because I have no where I need to be. One that can cruise herself while I take a nap and of course has a 50 caliber machine gun so I can put a few across the bow of any pirates who get frisky. There needs to be a through hull valve attached to a remote EKG so when the old heart quits, she scuttles right there.

Dang, ya gotta like that.

 

[jepomer]

Very interesting to read that many are satisfied with their current boat with perhaps a few changes. Not many saying they want a much larger one.

For myself, I like the different ones I have because they allow me to sail in different places. I have an O'Day 19 for trailering and quick setups; a Capri 22 that is moored and actively sailed that I can take back home at the end of the season; a Cape Dory 25 that my wife liked (stability for coastal cruising, classic style) but is still slowly being renovated since the Capri is on the water; recently got a Ranger 29 so I can have stand-up room in the cabin (another project boat). Project boats provide half the fun of ownership for me.

 

[heymagic]

Catana 53

 

[Ded reckoner]

My dream boat would be a Nauticat 42 pilothouse sailboat. It’s a solidly built, bluewater boat, with a motion comfort value of 44. It should fit in a slip at most marinas, headroom is >6'2" in the galley, saloon, pilothouse, and aft cabin. Also, it's a good sailer with PHRF of 108. A lot of owners opt for the coveted washer&dryer. The N42 has a draft of 1.95m (6’5”) which is close to Nahum’s cutoff of 1.8m for losing 40% of Med anchorages. That pilothouse is an extra room with high visibility that would be sweet in cold or adverse weather.

https://www.google.com/search?q=nau...qYGIBg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1205&bih=639&dpr=1

 

[tcbilgerat]

I thought I was happy with my last boat, 30' Hunter. But after trading up to the H37C, I am much happier, since it can go anywhere as soon as I can. Not to say I would never trade up again, but this is a good boat.

 

[Bill1565]

I thought I was happy with my last boat, 30' Hunter. But after trading up to the H37C, I am much happier, since it can go anywhere as soon as I can. Not to say I would never trade up again, but this is a good boat.

We have no plans beyond our 37c. Great boat. Not as expensive as a 47 or 57 to slip or haul or bottom paint .

 

[Salty]

Every once in a while I found myself wondering which boat I would buy if I could comfortably afford any boat out there.

I think I've settled on the Tartan 4700. Of course I'd be off cruising the world with it!

What do you guys like? (no megas please).
ETA: Please post pics!

My dream boat is the Southerly 47. Great blue water boat that also looks good.

 

[mark_swart]

My realistic dream boat: Beneteau First 310. And since it's a dream boat I want it to have a PHRF rating of 200 : ) !!