DSK wrote in message ...
Why have you zeroed in on the Crealock 37?

Why the Crealock… That's a good question, but my answer might be a
bit nebulous. However, I will attempt to answer.

Aesthetically, the boat is stunning in appearance. I know that
sounds, on the surface, a bit of a silly reason to settle on a boat,
and if it was the sole reason for purchasing a particular model, I
concede that it would indeed be silly. It is so easy to get caught up
in the nuts and bolts of boats- all the technical specifications and
ratios, the carbon-this and the vinylester-that, and there is no doubt
that these things are of great importance. Only a fool would give
them cursory attention. I am sure there are boat owners for whom
these details are the very aspect of boat ownership from which they
draw the most satisfaction, and there is nothing remotely wrong with
that. There is, for me, an indefinable aesthetic to sailing that
cannot be spreadsheeted or calculated. The Crealock 37 embodies this
aesthetic- again, for me. This sounds like the ravings of an
incurable romantic I know, but if, at the end of the day, this
obsession with craft that ghost along on the wind isn't a romantic
one, then what is it?

The boat is just so well designed and manufactured that I KNOW I can't
go wrong with one (financial considerations notwithstanding ;-) I am
single, and the boat has plenty of room for me- plus she can be easily
singlehanded. PSC supports these boats regardless of year of
manufacture, and that's a big plus- particularly so as the
manufacturer is here in the US. I am a member of the PSC sailnet
mailing list and I've heard a lot of good things about support; Bill
Crealock himself lends advice on that list from time to time. While I
have not sailed one, I have read from many sources how well balanced
the boat is, and how well she fares in a seaway. I don't want to sit
on the dock, and this boat is made to go to sea.

But oh, are they expensive.