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Originally Posted by freddy4888
But until you do get the boat and sail her, spend time on her, work on her, etc., will you know for sure that you made the right decision. When I bought my first boat I did endless research before buying. After sailing her for a season, I learned more about what I wanted in a boat then from any research I could possibly have done.
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Amen to that. Only your personal experience can define what makes the perfect boat for you.
I'm on my first sailboat and we benefited from lots of reading and researching on the internet and we found a boat that is perfect for us to learn on, comfortable for both of us as a weekend get away, and purchased for a price that I feel certain will not kill me to get out of. The more I learn the more I understand how fortunate our choice was.
That said, in one short season of sailing my current boat I learned far more about what to look for in my next boat than any amount of reading or research could offer.