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Thank you Ken for all of your input. You have read me correctly in that I have very little sailing experience. Sunfish races with a family friend when I was young, a high school friend who I would go up to Wisconsin on Sturgeon Bay a couple weekends in the summer on a 30 ish ft wooden...

As I have started looking for boats more closely, they seem to fall into a few categories. Really nice looking, basic equipped, well maintained, short trip/day sailer boats, well worn cruising equipped boats, and derelict abandoned boats. Seems that the nicely maintained, well equipped boats...

Well, I guess I could give everyone a little idea of what our plans are, as that might help with any advice given. The plan is to sell our house, use some of the proceeds to buy a sailboat we can live on. Depending on where the boat is purchased, possibly transport it to a warmer climate with...

Thanks for the info on Attainable Adventure Cruising...I will check them out. When we are actually shopping for our boat, a real survey will be a given. Our true budget will only be known after our current home sells, but doing the research now on my best estimates.

https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1979/morgan-382-morgan-3583445/ This is the listing for the boat we saw. I was really hoping that, because of the listed price, I was going to see a really nice example of the series. She may be extremely seaworthy, but she didn't show well, in my mind. I'm...

My name is Don, my wife Kim and I coach gymnastics, thus the screen name. Our current plans are to sell our house in 1-2 years, buy a boat to live on, and to travel in the Caribbean initially. I have been researching possible "budget" boats, and have a list of candidates. Number 1 on that list...