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On 4 Mar 2004 09:29:01 -0800, (John) wrote:

"pmiller" wrote in message ...
I have a question for this group, The past couple years I have been looking
to buy a small cruiser The boat I have in mind is a Wellcraft St Tropez 32'
Here is my question ... I have never owned a boat before... Some of my
friends
are saying I am crazy to buy a boat that size for my first boat. But really
anything
smaller just doesnt seem to have the room to be comfortable I am 6'3
and want to be able to be comfortable both moving around and sleeping.
I want to be able to spend a couple days at a time (weekend) comfortably.

Id love to hear your comments and suggestions.

Thanks

Paul

Your friends are right, a 32 foot boat is too big for a first boat.

It's not a car, it takes time, and practice, to learn how to handle a
boat. If it's too big for you to handle you're going to learn this the
hard, and expensive, way. And learning won't be much fun.

Go for a used boat in the 21 foot range, learn with that one. Then
after two seasons, trade up. You'll be surprised, the boat that looked
like your dream boat before you learned how to operate one, and knew
what you really needed, will probably not be the boat you go looking
for after you have some experiance.

Good points.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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that no one ever thinks to ask."

Russel Chatham, "Dark Waters" (1988)

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