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Hello everybody,
also new in this Forum and currently searching for my first own little boat after working on ships for several years. Last one was a two A-frame masted Sailing ship - a beauty, but not always easy...
Thank you for seting up this great forum and hope to stick around for long. And just to get started: Any advice on where to look for used boats in the DC area? Any experiences in that retrospect? Thank you already and...
fair wind and calm seas...
Manuel
Check out the magazine Spinsheet (local to the Bay) as well as Craig's List and yachtworld (depending on your idea of "little"). SailNet also has a classified section.
Thank you for the quick reply and the welcome
Small in my personal case would be something big enough to actually live on. I spend half my time on a ship already and I can't get used to the idea of being on land for the other half. All my stuff is gone already, so I am living out of my backpack and don't need a lot of space, my Girlsfriend does need a bit more though so we managed to agree on something aorund 40 feet...
I did have a look at the websites you mentioned already and will try get a Spinsheet as well! Thanks for the advice!!!
I agree with Donna.....Craig's List is usually great....and, depending on how big you need, many are almost giving them away. I started almost 10 years ago on an ODay 22 I got off eBay, believe it or not....from a guy on Kent Island....paid about $3k....then traded that for my current Newport 27 a couple of years later.....there's some kind of "gold" in the number 30...or bigger.....but if you're willing to just have a "2" in the size of your boat, I.e. "2x feet", people just about give them away.
That sure is biting off a lot to chew, starting with "around 40" as your first owned boat. Have you heard about Matt Rutherford circumnavigating north and south America this past summer in a 27?....or Lin and Larry Pardey? ....that's going to take quite an income too.
I am well aware of the price and effort of 40 feet of boat... that's why I don't have it yet ;-) And working for an NGO my income is not the biggest, BUT: I also have half a year off every year, so I can invest a lot of time in the boat and I do have quite a bunch of experience in working on ships, so I was hoping to get a well used boat and invest more work than money (even though I know they mostly come in pairs) and get it done. That would be the basic idea...
In my work time we are three deckhands on a 58 meter (ca. 178 feet?) sailing boat and still get it done, so... I know it could be a lot, but that's why I try get more information and a better picture of what is out there and available...
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