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Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Future cruiser looking for boat info...
From: Linda Woodward (lindawoodward@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Sep 16 2000 - 13:47:47 EDT
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Great answer, Rick. I learned alot from your email and will save it. A few
more ideas:
1. Practical Sailor's Practical Boat Buying, Vols. 1 and 2--probably close
to 100 boats reviewed w/key issues such as delamination, electrical
problems, price ranges, etc.
2. Time-Life 10 Volume Boating Library -published in 1975-76; we found it
at a flea market but it has volumes such as "Offshore" "The Classic Boat"
Cruising" etc.
3. Cruising World July 2000 issue recommends the following "best bargain
boats for 15 grand or less"; they include:
Pearson Vanguard 32
Alberg 30
Tartan 30
Pearson Trition 28
Sabre 28
Santa Cruz 27
Bristol 27
Catalina 27
Hunter 27
Ericson 27
Taran 27
S2 7.9
Contessa 26 (famous circumnavigator boat)
Freedom 25
Cape Dory 25
J/24
Quickstep 24
Erickson 23
website is www.cruisingworld.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Kennerly <nh2f@XXX.XXX>
To: <worldcruising@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Future cruiser looking for boat info...
>
> Well, I'm sure that you'll get lots of advice. My advice is to ignore
> it, particularly any from me, and find your own way. Still there are
> things you can do before you shove off (or even buy a "cruising"
> boat).
>
> Read a lot--at both ends of the cruising spectrum. Check out both Lin
> & Larry Pardey's "go small, go simple, go now" philosophy as well as
> Steve & Linda Dashew's highend "Deerfoot Philosophy" and decide which
> camp you're in, or at least which you can afford. But understand the
> choices you make, the tradeoffs you will encounter, and why. Read
> Spurr's Upgrading a Cruising Sailboat to get a feel for what is
> possible with an older, smaller design. Read Casey & Hackler's
> Sensible Cruising, the Thoreau Approach for a balanced start on the
> cruising life.
>
> Sail a lot. Your boat and on other people's boats. No experience is
> wasted. Even bad experiences have value, in fact they are usually
> more valuable than good experiences---if you survive. Small boats
> will teach you boat handling and sail shaping. Big boats will teach
> systems and energy management (as in 10 tons moving toward a fixed
> dock at 3 knots).
>
> Become mechanical. If you can't replace the guts of your bathroom
> toilet and make it work, you're going to be even less successful
> working on a boat's head, pumps, plumbing, etc. Become a 12 volt
> wizard. Buy Nigel Calder's Boat Owners Mechanical & Electrical Manual
> (or whatever it is called--I don't have it at hand) and study it well.
> Pick up his diesel book while you're at it. Begin collecting hand
> tools.
>
> When it comes time for you to buy a boat, you might find Rick's Rules
> for Boat Buying useful:
>
> 1. A small boat and a suitcase full of money beats a 40 footer tied to
> the Bank every time.
>
> 2. Cruising boats are bought by the pound, not the foot.
>
> 3. You gain more live aboard space for every foot of beam added than
> for foot in length purchased (there are some older narrow CCA-style
> boats that are 50ft long, but with less usable interior space than our
> Westsail 32).
>
> 4. While boats are linear, their maintenance, time and equipment costs
> are exponential (it costs three times as much to maintain a 40 footer
> than a 30 footer).
>
> 5. The view of paradise is exactly the same from the cockpit of a
> small boat as that from a goldplater.
>
> 6. Any fool can sail a 45ft boat downwind in nice weather. On the
> other hand, it is very easy to buy more boat than a couple can handle
> during a blow on a lee shore.
>
> 7. Pay attention to the basics--hull, engine, rigging, sails--rather
> than to amount, quality or age of gizmos; a few grand held back at
> purchase can replace (or add) GPS, VHF, wind and depth instruments,
> and creature comforts--cushion covers, propane stove, etc. A bum
> engine, a rigging failure, or a bad case of blisters can easily set
> you back three of four times that.
>
> 8. Charter fleet boats were designed for two or three couples living
> out of duffels and eating ashore most of the time, not live-aboard and
> cruising--you'll be offered hundreds of badly used former charter
> boats at very attractive prices but you can't afford them.
>
> 9. "Go small, go simple, go now." L&L P
>
> 10. Finally, always purchase a boat in which you will be proud to be
> seen arriving.
>
> The sig below says it all>
>
> -------------------------------
> Rick the Mouseherder - nh2f
> Westsail 32 Xapic
> Annapolis, MD
>
> A small boat and a suitcase full of money
> beat a 40-footer tied to the Bank every time.
>
> Creative graphic solutions in vinyl for your boat lettering & designs
> http://www.mouseherder.com
>
> Visit the Xapic Homepage at:
> http://www.abs.net/~nh2f
>
> The Westsail Owners Assn. :
> http://www.westsail.org
>
>
>
>
>
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