Great Minds Choose Smaller Boats?

[landlockvasailor]

Good lord hirammchittenden take a laxative !

Tom
http://landlockedvasailor.blogspot.com/

[JohnRPollard]

Mr. Chittenden,

Your comments against SailingDog are in poor form and uncalled for. I would urge you to find an alternative venue for your bile.

I would also ask that the moderators hasten Chittenden on his way.

[sailingdog]

Hiram-

Did you get a chance to talk to Mr. Perry??? Didn't think so...

[xort]

now back to our regularly scheduled program and my 2 cents

Wife & I are planning on full time livaboard coastal cruising for an extended period. So we have certain things we want (not need) in order to be comfortable LONG TERM...

A bed where I don't have to climb over her to go pee in the middle of the night; island queen.

Room to stand up to get dressed, undressed

A separate shower stall

Plenty of water & fuel so we don't have to stop frequently or be miserly in usage

Good sized galley with good refer so we can eat well

Plenty of storage to carry everything we own as we won't have any other 'place'.

Good size cockpit to hang out at every evening.

Easy to sail as we get older; starting out at 56 and hoping to keep going to 76+.

Fast sailing is at the bottom of the list, we want to be on the water, not racing.

Those items would probably not be on a list 20 years ago but now they are tops.

We'll be going from 2600 sq ft house to a 45' boat so it's all relative. We were very suprised at the jump in space between 42' and 45' so that's where we're looking. Wife likes it so that counts a big heap.

Floating condo that does sail.

[bestfriend]

I say, whatever you are comfortable in, and whatever your needs are. I love sailing Hobie cats, and I drool over Knarrs. I also drool over larger boats, like Swans, with teak decks. This is the perfect place for that all too familiar answer, "it depends!" I like smaller boats for the Bay that I am in, feel that my 34' is the biggest I would want. But, if I venture out and my boat becomes my home for more than a month, I will want 40' or more, just for the surfboards alone!

[camaraderie]

Hey Xort...step up to a 52 footer! (g)

[xort]

Originally Posted by camaraderie

Hey Xort...step up to a 52 footer! (g)

With a 6 burner Viking BBQ grill on the back? Sweet!

[Hartley18]

Originally Posted by Drifter2869

We all have are on thoughts and resons why we chose the size boats we own. I am loving life on my 34'er, but thats me.

We've got an 18-footer. Sleeps 2-and-a-1/2, just fits into the carport without needing to upsize the car and is comforable enough for weekends pottering around creeks and rivers.

If we wanted a bigger boat (which we do from time to time - for a week away or a coastal cruise) we just hire one. All care and no responsibility for berthing fees, slipping, etc...

I'd love a bigger boat.. but stuff it, someone else can worry about the antifouling - I've got better things to do (like sail!).

--Cameron