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There is no perfect boat - there is only a boat out there that will do much of what you actually plan to do with - that's your perfect boat - not mine. I have a Bristol 29.9 - she is a bluewater warrior princess - most of my sailing is offshore, so I want a boat that can be handled by short crew in heavy weather and won't give up on you in a real blow. Paloma has been through two Force 10 gales (winds gusting over 60 and seas 28-30 feet) - neither expected - but neither time did we feel that we were at risk. But, that probably isn't what 75% of the other sailors on this net want or think they will ever need.
So my perfect boat isn't theirs - and proably not yours.
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s/v Paloma, Bristol 29.9, #141
Paloma finally in her new slip in Bahia Marina, easy access to the Gulf
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