TDunn
Guru
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2015
- Messages
- 889
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Tortuga
- Vessel Make
- Nunes Brothers Raised Deck Cruiser
As mentioned above owner style is a major factor in cost of ownership. If it wasn't foggy today I could row around the harbor and take pictures of a couple of dozen sailboat in the 40-60 foot range that the owners spend in excess of $40K (for some far in excess) a year maintaining before they move even one foot. Pretty much all of those boats have pretty sophisticated electronics (radar, look ahead sonar etc., multiple large displays at helm and below in the nav station, satellite communications, etc.). All of the boats have well equipped galleys with refrigeration and whatever they feel they need/want. Most of the boats have appropriately sized generators in addition to pretty large battery banks. Heck I have a 600 amp-hour battery bank on my 36' sailboat. Accommodations differ from power boat accommodations largely in terms of windows - they are smaller on the sailboats. I know of one boat that has a piano (not electric) in the main salon. As far as systems go, the sailboats do not have active stabilization because they don't need it. However, their sail handling systems can be very complex including powered sail furling and powered winches (read expensive). Most of the larger boats have bow thrusters. All have sophisticated autopilots. Buying one of these boats new will cost multiple millions of dollars. Oh yes, most of them are locally built.