[Jeff_H]

You need to give us a bit more to go on. For example:

Do you plan to sail the boat or simply live aboard?
-You can buy reasonably cheap roomy boats but it is hard to find a reasonably cheap liveaboard that also sails well.

What are your long term plans?
-Is this a boat that you will live on for a while and then head off over the horizon (needs to be more seaworthy) or is this a boat that you will just live on in port and maybe some day buy a serious voyager?

What sort of work do you do?
If you go into an office you need better clothing storage space than if you work at home or are in a more casual trade.

What sort of budget do you have?
- You can buy good liveaboard boats for as little as $20K-30K but really well rounded boats that are well built and sail well are conciderably more expensive. Its hard to find a distance cruiser with decent performance under $100K and the really great boats are way up from there.

How comfortable do you want to be?
-I lived aboard a 25 foot Folkboat that I bought for $400 back in the early 1970''s. I lived in the anchorage outside of Dinner Key, Florida. I had just gotten out of college and was looking for a bit of adventure before going on with life. The boat had almost no interior and I slept on a rubber mat that I rolled out on the deckboards at night. The galley was a water jug, a small basin,an igloo cooler and a single burner alcohol stove. The head was strictly bucket and chuck it. I don''t remember being uncomfortable. My current boat is a bit more comfortble but I can''t imagine living aboard either boat today.

There are a lot of good boats out there but there will only be a subset that will work for any individual. There is no boat that I know of that will work for everyone. So let us know more about you individually and I am sure that the good folks around here will try to help you find a list that works for you.

Good luck
Jeff