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I keep an eye on Yachtworld and a few other websites. We're looking
at a few boats in Seattle this weekend and trying to squeeze in a
visit to the boat show. I have a good feeling about one of the boats
we're looking at. We'll see. I'm pretty jaundiced after these years.
--- In , Harry James <welshman at p dot dot dot >
wrote:
> Have you tried
>
> http://www.yachtworld.com/
>
> Go to the advanced search, you can narrow it down to the west
coast. If
> you put in sailboat 28-32 you will probably get a hundred hits.
>
> HJ
>
> Dave_Benjamin wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >Just thought I'd throw out an introduction. There's a good chance
I
> >might know a few on the list.
> >Wife and I are former liveaboards and coastal cruiser types that
> >swallowed the hook in 2001 and bought some dirt in Oregon with a
> >square wooden structure on it. Yep a house, land, the whole 9
yards.
> >It was kind of cool the first year or so. Got to buy some new
tools
> >and spread out a bit.
> >Second year I was really missing sailing so I tried the small
boat
> >thing. All sailing is fun but a 15 footer on a lake, albeit a
pretty
> >mountain lake, is always going to be a 15 footer on a lake. I
grew up
> >sailing on small boats so I'm not knocking it.
> >Now it been 3.5 years. Not having a proper cruising boat has
become
> >an intolerable situation. So it was time to get a boat.
> >We just had a deal fall through on a Tartan 30. It was just too
> >neglected and needed too much work and was too far away. Had it
been
> >closer and the owner a bit more negotiable I would have enjoyed
the
> >project.
> >So I'm in the hunt for something in the 30 foot range. Boat will
be
> >homeported near San Francisco but shopping from Seattle south.
We'll
> >look at a few prospects in Seattle next weekend.
> >
> >Generally I've always preferred the traditional layouts with 78"+
> >settees and a centerline table. One of the boats we may look at
has a
> >dinette on one side and the galley stretched on the other. I've
never
> >liked that setup but the boat has a lot of things going for it.
It
> >was refit for cruising and appears to be ready to go back again.
All
> >the expensive prep has already been done and she appears at least
in
> >the photos to be well set up and cared for. It has quarter berths
> >that would probably work out OK as sea berths. Aside from the
trip
> >down the west coast we probably won't have too many extended
> >passages. One thing I do worry about is using the galley
underway.
> >Our last boat, Freedom ketch, had the proper cruising galley
where
> >you could wedge yourself in. On this other boat the only thing I
can
> >think of is one of those galley straps.
> >
> >Anybody want to comment on these issues please fire away.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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