Frank and Ronnie Maier wrote:


Well, since it's an actual sailing thread, I'll play by naming these
three, as used boats:

Freedom 45 (aft cockpit)

The older cat ketch one? Did they make those as centerboard boats? I really like the
Frredom 40 cat ketches (either aft cockpit of aft cabin, althogh the aft cabin one is
a little on the "pirate ship" -y side) but it seems likely to me that the 45 is too
big.


Swan 441

I'd take just about any Swan between 39 & 45 feet. We almost bought a Baltic 43 back
when shopping for a big sailboat, we both fell in love but thought it too
impractical. And yes, there have been times when I have kicked myself for passing it
up.....



Lagoon 380

Doesn't do a thing for me, you go ahead.

As Tadpole mentioned, if one is ever strongly tempted to try and convert a dream boat
into a real boat, the temptation to go too big should be resisted firmly. As a test,
crawl the full length of the boat scrubbing the cove stripe (or some other hard to
reach place) with a toothbrush. If you are muttering curses before you're 2/3 done,
go smaller.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King