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3. Alternatively, if I just can't afford a boat with stabilizers, I should be looking at a sailboat, which will make for a more comfortable passage and would be lower cost.
Folks that usually look at motor boats do not enjoy the down inside living of most sail boats.
Most marine motorists want to be up up on deck with huge windows .
This of course is why there are few ocean going motor boats , and their cost of construction is far higher , and the inside is smaller due to tankage and other requirements.
Even circumnavigators spend 90%+ of their time in port.
When I cruised the Carib , I knew of no one that ran back and forth , usually ONE a 1500 mile slog to windward (power or sail) was enough.
In your shoes for an inexpensive try out of cruising , I would start with a good sail boat 30-35LWL , and try the easy way south .
Sail to Bermuda, turn right and head south.
Sail the Windwardstoo and fro (usually a beam reach) till you have seen it all and then blow downwind from the USVI to the USA , stopping as you see a need to sight see.
Have fun!
Find a boat that is just back from cruising , and your fix up costs will be low , and no new equippment will be needed.
Fairly easy under $25K.
Folks that usually look at motor boats do not enjoy the down inside living of most sail boats.
Most marine motorists want to be up up on deck with huge windows .
This of course is why there are few ocean going motor boats , and their cost of construction is far higher , and the inside is smaller due to tankage and other requirements.
Even circumnavigators spend 90%+ of their time in port.
When I cruised the Carib , I knew of no one that ran back and forth , usually ONE a 1500 mile slog to windward (power or sail) was enough.
In your shoes for an inexpensive try out of cruising , I would start with a good sail boat 30-35LWL , and try the easy way south .
Sail to Bermuda, turn right and head south.
Sail the Windwardstoo and fro (usually a beam reach) till you have seen it all and then blow downwind from the USVI to the USA , stopping as you see a need to sight see.
Have fun!
Find a boat that is just back from cruising , and your fix up costs will be low , and no new equippment will be needed.
Fairly easy under $25K.
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