foreevernewbie
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Hi everyone,
I just posted a thread to introduce myself - so I will focus on the question at hand:
We are a family nearing our 50's, teenage girl, "close" with our parents and grandparents.
We are looking for a "can do all boat".
- easy to drive (weekends) in calm waters for the 75+ generation - with 2 - 6 peolpe aboard
- comfortable liveaboard for the 45+ Generation (2-3 people)
- great, safe, reliable, seeworthy, seekind(!), very longrange passagemaker for voyaging - also in bad weather and storm - for extended peroids - 1, 2, 3, 6 month.
- cosy and warm for all season voyaging around northern europe - scotland, sweden, norway, etc etc. (2 peolpe)
First we were looking at heavy steel sailboats - but they have drafts of 2m and more... to much for the weekend trips in shallow waters in northern germany and the netherlands.
Than we were looking at dutch double ender s-hull steel motor yachts because of their seekindness and seaworthiness and range - but they roll badly without a Staysail. Steel has its pros and cons.
Now we might turn to the trawler type. They seem to me a compromise to be considered. With flopper stopper, and staysail they seem to be quite capable of bad weather. The lighter weight seems at least to compensate less the efficient drag (dutch s-shape hull) rangewise. And they they seem to be very good liveabourds when voyaging.
I would appreciate to hear as many opinions and experiences as available here about these great boats.
Size: around 40ft budget about 150k asking price. we are willing and able to work on the boat's condition.
Are the hulls "noisy", when rolling at night on the hook in a bay?
kind regards
ralph + ilka from germany
I just posted a thread to introduce myself - so I will focus on the question at hand:
We are a family nearing our 50's, teenage girl, "close" with our parents and grandparents.
We are looking for a "can do all boat".
- easy to drive (weekends) in calm waters for the 75+ generation - with 2 - 6 peolpe aboard
- comfortable liveaboard for the 45+ Generation (2-3 people)
- great, safe, reliable, seeworthy, seekind(!), very longrange passagemaker for voyaging - also in bad weather and storm - for extended peroids - 1, 2, 3, 6 month.
- cosy and warm for all season voyaging around northern europe - scotland, sweden, norway, etc etc. (2 peolpe)
First we were looking at heavy steel sailboats - but they have drafts of 2m and more... to much for the weekend trips in shallow waters in northern germany and the netherlands.
Than we were looking at dutch double ender s-hull steel motor yachts because of their seekindness and seaworthiness and range - but they roll badly without a Staysail. Steel has its pros and cons.
Now we might turn to the trawler type. They seem to me a compromise to be considered. With flopper stopper, and staysail they seem to be quite capable of bad weather. The lighter weight seems at least to compensate less the efficient drag (dutch s-shape hull) rangewise. And they they seem to be very good liveabourds when voyaging.
I would appreciate to hear as many opinions and experiences as available here about these great boats.
Size: around 40ft budget about 150k asking price. we are willing and able to work on the boat's condition.
Are the hulls "noisy", when rolling at night on the hook in a bay?
kind regards
ralph + ilka from germany