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Grab bag of advice from many sources on what makes the right boat for you. Sections include Research, Intended Use, General Choices, and Boat Models. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
This FAQ contains a discussion of the quality, size, new-or-used, building-material, teak-or-no-teak, sailing rig, mono-vs-multi, center-cockpit-vs.-aft, and other decisions a boat buyer faces. Contains basic information about cruising equipment.
[Amazing.com, Monongahela, PA, USA]
A member has challenged others to imagine the ideal "long-range cruising sailboat with live-aboard capacities, not too big to be unaffordable." The responses are interesting.
[Boat Design Net, Beaver Island, MI, USA]
A 40-year-liveaboard couple talk about cruisers they know who have tried out their own ideas when it comes to their choice of a cruising home. Photos of six examples.
[SetSail.com, Charlotte, NC, USA]
Applying a formula to his databank of 1,100 monohull sailboats, the author comes up with a list of the Best Sailing Cruisers Under $100,000.
[John Holtrop, Ridgecrest, CA, USA]
A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes specializing in catamarans and trimarans.
[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes, focused on specific boat designs.
[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
Short article taking you through the basic decisions you need to make when buying a cruising sailboat. The author gives you his advice on each.
[Blue Moment, USA]
Baty conducts a seminar on choosing an offshore cruising sailboat. She also is a yacht broker specializing in clients who are trying to determine their needs.
[Jillian A. Baty, Oakland, CA, USA]
Extensive list with good search facility. Covers just about any cruising topic. Tree and branch format for threads.
[The Sailing Company, Middletown, RI, USA]
If you can′t repair it, maybe it shouldn′t be on board.
Lin and Larry Pardey
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