I have a 21 ft Angler boat W/A that I find to small to overnight in. I
mostly boat in Biscayne Bay florida. I am looking for the minimun size boat
any of you guys have overnighted successfully in.
I have a wife and to kids 6 and 10,,,
Any advice is appreciated
Frank Prieto

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 03:13:50 +0000, FPrieto wrote:

I have a 21 ft Angler boat W/A that I find to small to overnight in. I
mostly boat in Biscayne Bay florida. I am looking for the minimun size boat
any of you guys have overnighted successfully in.
I have a wife and to kids 6 and 10,,,
Any advice is appreciated
Frank Prieto

Hmmm....I donno about WA's, but I've spent many a long weekend with 3
aboard my 22ft sailboat. Maybe it's not the length, but the type of boat.
Perhaps a cuddy or express cruiser might be a better choice?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36: room for 6 for a week...

I have a 26' WA. Overnighting with 2 is fine, any more and it'd be a mess.
WA's are designed to have a place to crash after a fishing trip, not really
for a family overnight.

"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 03:13:50 +0000, FPrieto wrote:

I have a 21 ft Angler boat W/A that I find to small to overnight in. I
mostly boat in Biscayne Bay florida. I am looking for the minimun size
boat
any of you guys have overnighted successfully in.
I have a wife and to kids 6 and 10,,,
Any advice is appreciated
Frank Prieto

Hmmm....I donno about WA's, but I've spent many a long weekend with 3
aboard my 22ft sailboat. Maybe it's not the length, but the type of boat.
Perhaps a cuddy or express cruiser might be a better choice?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36: room for 6 for a week...

It really depends on what your minimum personal requirements are. If you're
a "close" family you can all snuggle up in a pretty tiny space. If you're
just occasionally overnighting then you can get away with less.

For us the minimum was 28 feet but we spend every weekend on the boat and
will spend more as our time allows.

We often go to bed at different times so a dedicated V-berth was essential
(as opposed to converting the dinette every evening).

When we have guests we don't want to be tripping over them so a separate mid
or aft cabin was essential.

A proper head was essential with shower capabilities.

A large cockpit area was essential since that's where we would spend most of
our time.

We had determined a budget that we could afford and didn't scare us so there
were constraints there too.

We settled on a 30 foot express cruiser.




"FPrieto" wrote in message
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I have a 21 ft Angler boat W/A that I find to small to overnight in. I
mostly boat in Biscayne Bay florida. I am looking for the minimun size
boat
any of you guys have overnighted successfully in.
I have a wife and to kids 6 and 10,,,
Any advice is appreciated
Frank Prieto

I once spent a winter with a girlfriend living on a 22 ft. Bayliner
Sailboat(that's an oximoron, Bayliner Sailboat)

WoW!

While you have me, and probably everyone else in this group beat, a girl
in my marina lived aboard a 25 foot sailboat year around in Northeastern
Ohio!

Bob Dimond

In article ,
(Florida Keyz) wrote:

I once spent a winter with a girlfriend living on a 22 ft. Bayliner
Sailboat(that's an oximoron, Bayliner Sailboat)

Well, close. I spent a summer on my Venture 22, and a winter on my Cal 25,
before spending several years on my Catalina 36 (and I know several
liveaboards in Catalina 27s)

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36


On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:59:22 +0000, Bob D. wrote:

WoW!

While you have me, and probably everyone else in this group beat, a girl
in my marina lived aboard a 25 foot sailboat year around in Northeastern
Ohio!

Bob Dimond

In article ,
(Florida Keyz) wrote:

I once spent a winter with a girlfriend living on a 22 ft. Bayliner
Sailboat(that's an oximoron, Bayliner Sailboat)

"FPrieto" wrote in message link.net...
I have a 21 ft Angler boat W/A that I find to small to overnight in. I
mostly boat in Biscayne Bay florida. I am looking for the minimun size boat
any of you guys have overnighted successfully in.
I have a wife and to kids 6 and 10,,,
Any advice is appreciated
Frank Prieto

I've got a 24 ft WA thats fine for two people once in awhile. Can't
handle more then two though, and I wouldn't want to live on it for a
few days, but it works well after a night of too many cocktails and
fish stories at the marina, or to get a jump start on an early AM
trip. The 22 ft boat in my line (Grady-White) is just about as big.
The 20 footer they used to call the "Overnighter" looked too small for
me.

FishFan

I've got a 24 ft WA

sorry to be so dumb, but what is a WA?

it is a Walk Around fisherman style boat
"Richard Malcolm" wrote in message
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I've got a 24 ft WA

sorry to be so dumb, but what is a WA?