Given reasonable structural integrity, that particular boat
looks quite seaworthy to my eye.


Skipper wrote:
The original spec was for safe and *comfortable* passage. I guarantee
excessive roll would be a problem in offshore seaways with that
hullform.

I guarantee that
1- you could install a set of stabilizer fins on that
particular boat

2- any boat in a seaway is going to roll. If you can't stand
it, don't go to sea in a boat.


... That low midships freeboard would also insure wet decks.

And higher freeboard would do *what* exactly to the
stability & rolling?


.... And let's
not forget the starting point for this boat is $200,000+. When you add
safety gear, electronics, and other amenities required for offshore
passagemaking where do you see the costs to splash this boat?


That's the asking price, not the getting price... but
personally I'd expect to spend 10% of the boat's price on
commissioning it to my tastes, as a minimum, and budget a
lot more if the boat is poorly equipped.

Judging by the pics, it looks like this boat was at least
prepared for short range use, which is a good starting point.

OTOH what have you found on the market that is a
substantially better vessel at a substantially better price?



I'll mention just a few of the obvious problems with your choice of the
best boat for the stated usage:


1- Fuel costs for this vessel is about $200+ per day.



Uh huh. And in a ~50' vessel, what would you
expect for fuel consumption?


Considerably higher than for a proper sailboat.


And were you shopping for a sailboat? You've never mentioned
the slightest interest in sailing... that I saw, admittedly
I don't read even 1/10th of your posts.


.... Sail might be the more prudent choice.


Yeah, but then you'd have to learn to sail.


Well then, we are always learnin'.


Years back when you were looking for a passagemaker, did you
tell Chuck you wanted a sailboat? If so, I missed that part
of the story.

Another thing you might be interested to know is that
sailboats don't cost substantially less to operate over a
given period of time. You can look at several industry
studies on the subject. The common perception that sailors
are cheapskates is not backed up in fact.

DSK