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Originally Posted by doctom
I will race her in a 150 mile offshore race at the end of this month and she is taking my brother to Panama next June. My opinion is that you buy the boat for your own reasons then you have only yourself to thank or blame as the situation demands.
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I agree entirely with you. The fellow next to me at the club a couple of years ago had a 33 foot ChrisCraft sloop from '65 (yes, they made sailboats for a few years). The boat was seven inches shorter than my '73 racer/cruiser and TEN THOUSAND POUNDS heavier, but he had equal parts of work and fun, even if the thing sailed like a UPS van with two flats.
If you had the skills and expectations usual to having owned a couple of boats previously, there's no reason why an old Cheoy Lee with a minimum of defects wouldn't be a fine choice. But I would hesitate to argue it would make a good first boat for someone who didn't have the skill set or the time to keep it in good order.