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A 35 - 45 feet vessel with a draft of about 2 metres, 6' to 8’, to help the vessel sail in most weather conditions, with plenty of sail area for light winds, and easy reefing for when it pipes up, is I believe the ideal vessel size for a cruising couple.
These are the primary points as I see it that make the 35–45 feet sized boat, a great vessel for the cruising couple - if I have missed any points, good or bad, please feel free to edit them in, or to comment. Indeed the same sweet spot also applies to the solo sailor. Notable examples being in Joshua Slocum’s 1895 to 98 circumnavigation on the 36 feet, 9 inches long ‘Spray’ and Harry Pidgeon’s 1921 to 26 circumnavigation on the 34 feet long ‘Islander’. more
Setting storage arrangements aside space will by definition be highly cramped. Navigation and galley table will be most likely the same and the galley will be highly compromised. You are most likely to have only a single comfortable seagoing berth causing contention. The possibility of having a friend come visit for a few days cruising would be scarcely possible. If you are tall it may be challenging to get requisite headroom. This is a shortcoming that you need to be particularly conscious of when selecting a smaller vessel. Being forced to continuously stoop whilst below decks is particularly wearisome and it may cause you in time to develop a gait akin to a chimpanzee which is far from a desirable posture. more
When you are in the market to buy a boat, important considerations in choosing a boat include use, price, and size. The trick to buying a boat is to purchase one that is large enough to suit your needs without breaking your boating budget. The larger the boat, the higher the price tag and operating costs. Your answers to the following questions will clarify the ideal size boat to buy.
In some cases, you may need to sacrifice on the bells and whistles to stay in your budget, yet purchase a large enough boat that has the accommodations you desire. In other cases, you may decide a smaller boat will do just fine, and you can splurge on the bonus items. more
It would be foolhardy to daydream about perpetual sunny skies and calm seas when purchasing a boat. That's easy enough to do in Florida, but it's an entirely different matter in the Puget Sound, for instance. Inland lake boating is different than boating on the Great Lakes, which have sea conditions comparable to oceans. When you purchase a boat, take into consideration the size of the boat and its limitations in different environmental conditions. more
‘That can be the difference between a great solo passage and a terrible one where you are tired and sick from the off.
Setting a spinnaker or cruising chute is a more long-winded process solo so should only be taken on if you have a long leg ahead of you and you are sailing in relatively traffic-free waters.
The ability to see a chartplotter on deck is important, as you will need to do much of your navigation from the helm and modern chart plotters make this easier.
A cruising chute is simpler to set up than a spinnaker.
Either way you are looking at a secondhand boat of course.
They had 35 knots across the Bay and average 20 knots down the Portuguese Coast, but mostly downwind, (Northerlies). more
I've not 'livedaboard' though so you may take what I say with a healthy dose of salt and scepticism. [links]