[genethompson]

You will not find a boat that does it all well. That is not what you asked, but I think it is what you mean. No, most live aboards I know do not sail much after the first year of moving aboard. The larger the boat the less it goes out. Those that do have a fleet of boats. I know one guy that lives on a powerboat, has a 36 foot sail boat and has a small assault craft. He is a boater.

Living aboard is different than cruising, you need a lot of stuff that you wouldn''t want when cruising. That extra stuff gets in the way if you want to go day sailing, and at the very least needs to be stowed first. Larger boats are more work to sail, not so bad if you are going to be on one tack for many hours at a time like when you are cruising, but they can be a pain when day sailing.

A c27 is a fast responsive boat. Just try to manhandle a boat that weighs 5 times as much. I have decided that a 15,000 lb 38 foot boat is as much as I want for day sailing and short cruising for my wife and myself. Any bigger than that and I don''t think we would use it as much.

Just some random thoughts on a rainy day in CA.

Gene