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Wayne.B

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:39:31 -0400, wrote:

A friend of mine did a 4 year circumnavigation in a 27 foot sailboat.
That trip would not be possible in a 27 foot powerboat. I'm not sure a
49 foot mainship could have followed his route, either.

I wouldn't go much of anywhere on a 49 ft Mainship although some
people like them. I regard them as mostly marina condos. It takes
a very specialized, and usually expensive, power boat to cross oceans
although there are quite a few with that can do 1,000 to 2,000 miles
on their own tankage. The best way to get most powerboats to Europe
or Asia is on a freighter. It's actually cheaper that way when you
consider maintenance, depreciation, insurance, etc.