[bestfriend]

I say, whatever you are comfortable in, and whatever your needs are. I love sailing Hobie cats, and I drool over Knarrs. I also drool over larger boats, like Swans, with teak decks. This is the perfect place for that all too familiar answer, "it depends!" I like smaller boats for the Bay that I am in, feel that my 34' is the biggest I would want. But, if I venture out and my boat becomes my home for more than a month, I will want 40' or more, just for the surfboards alone!