Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
SNIP

Bruce, you are probably not going to like this advice, but you should
learn to sail on good modern professionally designed boats. Then sail
enough on different boats to find out what you really like, and how
you like to use a sailboat.

After a few years of that, you might be in a position to imagine your
ideal boat.

All you are doing now is hypothesizing from nothing.

Been there, done that.



Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a



Good advice. Sound older boats are inexpensive, even relative to the
cost of building a boat yourself. I think that building a boat only
makes sense only if you have clear and sound idea of what you want and
can't find same on the market. If you buy an older boat and
subsequently sell it, you may gain or lose a small fraction on the
exchange. If you build a boat to a wonky design or with indifferent
materials or workmanship, the product could be literally worthless.
So, buy a good old boat and go get some experience.