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Hi AlanR77
First beg borrow buy or steal a copy of Shrimpy by Shane Acton.
Second do not be put off by the looks of a boat, I had the ugliest boat in most anchorages [ A Ryton 38 the guy who designed the back did not speak to the one on the front half ] but they can all take you to the same places and the sunsets will look just the same. All the time you are on your boat looking out at the pretty ones. It cost me £15K in 1992
You don't have to have refrigeration, ssb, radar, an NMEA chart plotter or even an engine.
A handheld VHF, a handheld GPS and start with paper charts and swap them as you go with people heading in the opposite direction. I did.
IMHO You do need a boat that will self steer, either with a small tillerpilot or a windvane. You can build your own windvane, I did but it took me a year to get it working though. If you go the tillerpilot route you do need batteries and a charging system. I would have both.
Other people have said it and I paraphrase but
GO SMALL, GO SIMPLE, GO NOW.
I did for seven years in my forties, best decision I ever made. Oh yes when things got tough I read Shrimpy, he did it on a 18 foot plywood bilge keeler.
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