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I'm new around here, so forgive me if this has been done before (and post a link, cause I couldn't find it in the search )
I thought this would be a fun hypothetical:
If money didn't matter, what boat would you buy? why?
a couple criteria I guess...
Can be sailed by a couple people (maybe you and your spouse/other)
Good for coastal shennanigans, but you wouldn't be afraid to hit the open water...maybe summer in the French Riviera (money is no object remember :laugher) or circumnaviate (for all you adventures out there)
Doesn't have to be a permanent home...but comfortable for a couple months at a time
What do you mean? The smaller I know from them has 55ft Am I missing some other cat from them or you are talking about the 55?
Regarding the boat, unlimited money means also unlimited money to live? I guess that it is the only way that makes sense. And the answer is that I don't know. I love a lot of boats and I would have to think again all my live project to see what would be the boat more suited to it. It would be fast and rewarding to sail, it would have a great cruising interior and I don't know if in the end I would chose a monohull or a multihull. These two would be close candidates:
Likewise but a bit smaller - probably around 33'. Something like Night Runner only a bit sleeker - more bow overhang and a flush foredeck. Definitely cold molded, finished bright and with a laminated teak deck - thick enough to outlast me.
Imagine a 33' or thereabouts version of Zwerver or Carina with a modern underbody and you'll be close.
I've been browsing this IYP website...nice choice for sure. I'm curious about that whole 5' draft thing too, though. I'm kind of new at this game, but that seems pretty freakin shallow.
Even if I have plenty of cash, I still stick with a boat of 40 to 42 ft monohull. It is small enough to handle myself and big enough to have guests on board for a week or so stay.
Low key, mind my own business, doing the thing I like, and wondering around the world is what I look for.
My dream would be two boats. One to keep on the Chesapeake during the spring and summer months we're here and one to keep down south always ready to head offshore.
With two boats designed for the specific cruising area, I wouldn't have to compromise on either.
Sorry guys but you had better get in line. I got unexpectedly busy. Imagine a guy in Sweden coming to me for a Scandinavian style double ender. Along with my 62' DE in Hadlock, my 58'er being built by PSC and my 40' "weekender" for a Seattle client I am chock a block. If I win the lottery I'm going to have to have Bruce Farr design my new boat. I'm too busy.
Kiv:
Cold moulded/molded means the hull is made up of multiple veneers of wood glued together with epoxy. Today you generally find cold molded boats have the veneers layed over a foam core. So the term "cold molded" may not be really accurate. It's probably best just to say "composite". I think the origins of cold molding go back to the Spitfire fighter days.
Ferron:
Ok, I'm sorry. I;ll keep late hours to design your boat. But right now with my work load I really have my hands full. Meet Violet Spika Perry.
First it was an Oyster 62, then they made the 65 and I changed my mind, now they are releasing an 88. Keep checking back with me......... We can double hand an 88, I know we can. With this unlimited fantasy, should the sails jam, we'll just rig a way to jettison them overboard and get new ones.
There does come a point where you must have crew to make her go. Despite having resources to hire one in this fantasy, I wouldn't want to have to deal with them all the time.
Obviously, if money were no object, anyone would own more than one boat... For my sailing pleasure, my choice would be something along the lines of a Sweden 45, or an X-Yachts XC-45, or a Swan 46 with the lifting keel...
But for really going places, and seeing the world, something between a Nordhavn 62 and a 76 would be the way I'd roll...
There's a mosquito being rebuilt to flying condition in the hangar across from where I work. Probably still another couple of years from being airborne, but it's coming along.
Yeah! If we're gonna expand our "boat" expectations....then I want a HUGE space boat:
Fully operational, fully garrisoned, with accompanying battle fleets!
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