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The Catalinas are nice coastal boats. The forward head / shower on the 42 is nice. The gallery storage is wanting, but the top loading / front loading fridge seems to work.
Offshore - tougher choice; of the boats that I have sailed - Saga 43.
What I have, suits me just fine. Does what I need, gets me where I want to be, and lets me enjoy doing it. Lot more fun living the dream (even if on hold for a bit), than dreaming about something I won't ever have. But that's just an old curmudgeon's viewpoint
How does she sail? What's it like to drive that thing hard?
I have looked at/been on a big Hans C (forgot the LOA - looked pretty much like yours though), they are probably my favorite big boat (big to me at least).
I love the cockpit layout and and the chests built in on the deck. Awesome boat, I'd want mine to have a tiller..
For you folks with pullmans, please tell me you have lee clothes.
I sailed a Hylas 46 with an island queen and a pullman from Newport to St Barths. The island queen was unsleepable on any tack, the pullman was useless on a port tack (Bermuda to St Barths.)
We do have a lee cloth on the pullman however it is mostly there to prevent sail bags and such that we are storing on the bed from falling out. In my opinion berths that large, wile great at anchor, almost always make for poor sleeping when offshore (I prefer a nice tight space to wedge myself into) so when sailing we usually sleep in either the pilot berth or on the settee witch also has a lee clothe.
New Bombay Trading Company Explorer 44 the deep keel version.
I have a drop keel Explorer 44 and she suits me just fine, big open saloon comfortable bed and a BIG shower stall. Shower with a friend - no problem - two friends are even possible.
Came up from Trinidad to Grenada last week with new bottom paint, 8s 9s and the odd 10. Fast is good.
The schooner Alcyone is a downsized (65')Gloucester fishing schooner NW Windjammers - Alcyone
But rather than standing on the dock lusting after a 65' schooner I can kick back in the hammock on my own 30' cutter.She may not be my dream boat, but she is allowing me to live my dream.
My definition of the perfect boat is a balance of an individuals priorities
Actually to fit within the parameters of the original question, I saw a beautiful old wooden schooner, 45' on deck (smallest practical size for a schooner) nice graceful lines, low cabin with esthetically very pleasing aft cabin (not center cockpit, 2/3 maybe). Rig was a jib headed main, foresail was gaff, but could fly a staysail and topmast staysail (between foremast and mainmast) really big bowsprit with roller furler.....sorry don't have a pic
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