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Re: [world-cruising] Re: Choosing a cruiser

From: Dan Robertson (no email)
Date: Tue May 31 2005 - 20:24:58 EDT

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    I have a 1976 Islander Freeport 46 in great shape must
    sale. lost home
    in La conchita mud slide and need to sale fast
    $55,000.00. Please call
    or write for more info.
    Thanks
    Dan
    805-258-3119
    --- who cares <> wrote:
    > Hi Gregory,
    >
    > the skippers age in feet is a nice size for a yacht
    > ;-)
    > (some old british wisdom)
    >
    > do not know how old you are, but for a little
    > comfort I'd start at 33'
    > as you write you are planing to go south and this is
    > a world-cruising
    > board. A little air to breath and room for the
    > gadgets in the tropics
    > is nice. For us, a mid-50-couple, a Catamaran in the
    > 40ies is a right
    > size boat. Maybe you find one for a try, be sure it
    > is light-weight or
    > performance will suffer. We will never go back to
    > a mono any more, life is just much more comfortable
    > on a cat.
    >
    > Peter
    >
    > --- In , "Gregory
    > david Stempel"
    > <fyrframe at c dot dot dot > wrote:
    > > We are currently looking for our FIRST sail boat.
    > We aren't ready to
    > head
    > > for the Azores just yet, so we are considering a
    > boat that will give
    > us a
    > > good foundation from which to begin our future in
    > world sailing.
    > We'll move
    > > up from this point.
    > >
    > > Are there any boats to stay away from?
    > >
    > > We are looking at the Hunter line in about the
    > late nineties, 30 ft
    > range as
    > > our first boat, are these good boats?
    > >
    > > Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.
    > >
    > > Take care,
    > > Gregory david Stempel
    > > FIREFRAMEi m a g i n g
    > > www.americanphotojournalist.com
    > > www.soundexposure.org
    >
    >
    >
    >

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