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Crazy?
I want to underscore my point above. You really do have to know what kind of sailor you are in order to buy your ultimate cruising boat. I can illustrate this point by taking a single LOA: 38ft. And list a small selection of boats that are well documented and well accepted livaboard, bluewater cruisers or circumnavigators. This will illustrate the incredible diversity in design and build quality that is out there AND...more to the point CAN do the job you want the boat to do for you. Thus, just looking for a bluewater cruising boat of a certain length, or even one that you could singlehand, is just the tip of the iceberg. Here is a short list of 38 footers you could take around the world:
Farr 38
Beneteau First 38
Wauquiez Hood 38 (sistership to the Bristol 38.8 and Little Harbor Hood 38''s)
Hans Christian 38
Ingrid 38
Hughes 38 (and the Hinckley 38)
Alajuela 38
Shannon 38
Cabo Rico 38
Morgan 382/3/4
HR, IP AND MORE...38''s
The above list contains a wide diversity of boats. Full keel, fin keel, Keel/CB. Light, moderate, moderately heavy and heavy displacement. High quality build and low quality. Luxurious accomodations and quite spartan. FAST (PHRF of 90) to Slow (PHRF of 168 and 195). Modern to traditional. Narrow beam and wide beam. Bowsprits and plumb bows. Prices range from 50k to 150k.
All are good boats, some are great boats. You could take any one of the above around the world. But, of the ones I could afford, there is only one I would write a check for.
And this just covers 38ft LOA.
:O)
Hope this helps
John
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