I was hoping to get advice regarding the best boat style for liveaboarding. I''m partial to sail, but my wife is more interested in the perceived safety/comfort of a power vessel. We are looking for something in the fixer-upper sense, inexpensive but capable of restoration (I can fix anything, and I''ve already done this with our present sailing vessel). My dream is to be as free as possible and I''m concerned about being tied down by the cost of
fuel; one skipper I recently spoke to told me his
rig costs 50 bucks an hour to run.
There are a lot of wooden fishing vessels for sale up here pretty reasonably priced, though I haven''t a clue what they cost to run. I notice that many people are converting these to pleasure craft and they seem to offer much more space than any sailing vessel of the same length. What are the advantages/disadvantages between power and sail as liveaboards, especially for older vessels? I want to travel as far and wide as possible, with as lowest cost as possible, with the factors of safety and comfort taken into account.