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One other point... especially when buying your first boat. Don Casey mentions that no matter how much research and planning you do, the first boat you buy will teach you what you really want in a boat, and generally isn't the perfect boat for you. He also notes that in most cases, the second boat is the one that you end up keeping for years...
I wouldn't worry all that much about getting the perfect boat the first time out of the gate... get a boat that will work for you, and then once you've owned it a while, figure out what you would like to change about it, what you like about, and what you hate... and how it fits the kind of sailing you do. Then, after a few years, sell it and buy a boat that is better suited to you, your sailing and what you like, dislike and want in a boat...
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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