posted on Jan, 24 2014 @ 04:41 PM
reply to post by FlySolo
In response to your statement that statistically men who do this, the ex got the house and it's a great way to pick up a new woman in a bikini no
less, trust me ! . First of all when shopping for a sailboat, make sure it is big enough for you to stand up straight inside of it. second, go with
fiberglass or aluminum, wood rots , and fiberglass and aluminum are stable as far as less maintenance in that area, but don't kid yourself sailboats
require a certain degree of physical maintenance, especially depending on where you are moored. some of the brands you want to look for are Pearson,
Catalina, Beneteau, or Hunter. you can get some pretty good deals on those with the kind of room you need as a full time living space. You definitely
want it to have single handed rigging. you want your mainsail to be a stack pack and your foresail or genoa to be on a roller furling. Now you have
heard the term swabbing the decks, you will be doing that on a regular basis, keeping your yacht clean of bugs and spiders will keep you a happy
sailboat owner. Another concern you will have will be that it is big enough that there is a shower indoors, you'll know what I mean when you actually
start going out to the boat yards and start looking at them. Autopilot is another one of those big deals when shopping, you'll understand why when
you actually do start sailing. Your probably going to want to go with at least a 36 footer trust me. You are definitely going to need 2 different
reverse osmosis watermakers, you will want a Katadyn 6 for your emergency backup, and a Katadyn 35 electric/ with manual pump as well as your main.
you are going to need your own electricity supply, I recommend a mix of solar and wind, 10 Amp hours of each, and a good battery bank with you'll
need about 800 amp hours. that sounds a lot bigger than it really is. That's about 4 of the biggest deep cycle batteries they make, these batteries
are about twice as long as a car battery and the same width as a car battery. you are going to want to use petit brand bottom paint it will be called
micron optima, it's over a hundred dollars a gallon but you will be thankful you used it as it has a 3 to 5 year life where lesser versions have a 1
year lifespan, you will also have to make sure you that it is a saltwater stable paint the people over at West Marine will be able to help you with
that. The Power inverter you will need can also Be purchased over at West Marine, get something that is at least 5000 watts trust me on that too. I
have to end this post the character counter isn't working and I don't know how much more room I have for this post.