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Old 11-13-2011, 12:07 AM   #2
Tidahapah
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Solo cruising

Doug,
If you are going to cruise the coast and head off shore to the Pacific islands or up to indo there are plenty of boats available in Aus to fit the bill.
I am a fan of the Australian Trawler(prawn trawler) conversion or purpose built pleasure boat.
Sturdy and capable and many have done these same overseas runs.
Any thing up to 50' is solo able in my opinion and 45' is a nice size for one up.
There are also a couple of blog sites of these boats cruising off shore.
Mind you the US market is not a bad place to buy older boats compared to Aus due to the size of the market.
I will try and find some of the above mentioned blog sites and post them.

http://cruisingunderpower.fastmail.net/



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