Bristol 26 for Boston Harbor?

[Goodnewsboy]

Every sailboat is a compromise. Smaller boat usually means less maintenance work and more time available for actual sailing. A bigger boat offers more capacious accomodations, but requires more of the owner as well.

As for toilets, a Porta Potti looks like a big pain to me. If you must have a head, and that seems to be one of that particular boat's strong points, get a Wilcox Crittenden Head-Mate (They are still made by Thetford and connect it with a suitable holding tank that can be pumped or emptied overboard when offshore. L. Francis Herreshoff's cedar bucket is always available as a backup!

If you like the boat and it is really in good shape, go for it. The only rule is not to pay too much!

[sailingdog]

I'd second upgrading to a full marine head with a holding tank. In the long run it will make more sense, especially if you plan on doing any longer cruises.

Should be fine for what you want to do and more... my friends take their CD25, which is a fairly similar boat, but a bit smaller, out to the Cape and Islands regularly, as well as down the coast to the Chesapeake.