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Been sailing on my Catalina 27 for the last five years and in the process have put in so much money and time into upgrading everything...sails, cushions, rigging, plumbing, electric, etc etc.
But the urge to go bigger and new just keeps tugging on me! I've been contemplating going up to 31-35 feet and new...just because I'm tired of old.
The pros are...
-obviously a nice new boat - no more issues associated with owning and older boat.
-wife and kid may want to join me more often
-a little more substantial than my small 27 in higher winds.
Cons...
-That guilty feeling when you don't want to go out and sail even though you are making large monthly payments on the boat.
-Harder to dock - especially single handed.
-That feeling of sadness when a nice new boat gets dinged up on a piling pulling out of my slip, or if the newfangled electronics crap out for the tenth time, or some other typical boating snafu.
I single hand about 75 percent of the time - mostly long day sails in long island sound- I usually like to get in a good 6 hours if the wind and sun are nice.
Also, the nice thing about an old boat is that if you do break something, well, it's an old boat and no sleep lost.
Anyone here ever move up and wish they didn't?
But the urge to go bigger and new just keeps tugging on me! I've been contemplating going up to 31-35 feet and new...just because I'm tired of old.
The pros are...
-obviously a nice new boat - no more issues associated with owning and older boat.
-wife and kid may want to join me more often
-a little more substantial than my small 27 in higher winds.
Cons...
-That guilty feeling when you don't want to go out and sail even though you are making large monthly payments on the boat.
-Harder to dock - especially single handed.
-That feeling of sadness when a nice new boat gets dinged up on a piling pulling out of my slip, or if the newfangled electronics crap out for the tenth time, or some other typical boating snafu.
I single hand about 75 percent of the time - mostly long day sails in long island sound- I usually like to get in a good 6 hours if the wind and sun are nice.
Also, the nice thing about an old boat is that if you do break something, well, it's an old boat and no sleep lost.
Anyone here ever move up and wish they didn't?