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We are in Florida on a boat hunt. I have sailed a 38 footer before. SWMBO has not done much sailing. We are both in our early 60s. We are not planning anything adventurous like a circumnavigation, just island hopping around the Caribbean in our declinig years.
I have seen something that I like but she is a 45 footer described as " built on a racing hull redesigned into a live-aboard cruising yacht " with a conventional main. [I distrust roller furling mains.] I feel sure that I can manage her just now.
I will fit an electric anchor winch and might consider an electric halyard winch for the main in the future.
I would like to here from any older sailors who are still sailing 40+ footers. Are we biting off more than we can chew as we get older?
Oh yes I can not afford a cruising catamaran of reasonable size.
I have seen something that I like but she is a 45 footer described as " built on a racing hull redesigned into a live-aboard cruising yacht " with a conventional main. [I distrust roller furling mains.] I feel sure that I can manage her just now.
I will fit an electric anchor winch and might consider an electric halyard winch for the main in the future.
I would like to here from any older sailors who are still sailing 40+ footers. Are we biting off more than we can chew as we get older?
Oh yes I can not afford a cruising catamaran of reasonable size.