Advice on this Boat and our first voyage

[GZgunner]

Hello all

I am new to posting here but have been lurking for quite some time.
I wanrt to say that the information provided here is enormous help to those of us that are considering sailing and purchasing a new boat.

With that in mind I wanted to asked for some advice on the purchase of a boat.

Morgan Out Island 51 SAIL: Cruiser for sale St. Petersburg FL

that is the boat we are considering. It will be myself , my girlfriend and possibly 1 other person. We are planning on a 3-5 yr trip starting off the coast of the US then on to the Bahamas and carribean. We would eventualy like to make an ocean passage to see and explore the rest of the world.

Now none of us has ever sailed at all, so we would be taking lessons for the next 1-1 1/2 yrs and preparing the boat. We are looking for a sound boat and have read everything we can about the different models out there but dont have much knowledge to go on as far as reputation and reliablity.

I am hoping this starts a indepth thread A. about that boat in particular and B. any other advice you good folks would be willing to share with
us.

Also we are in California and that boat is in Florida we called and inquired without much help but are going to fly out to look at it maybe next week. Is this price negotiable usualy and is that a decent price for this model and age??

Please any help is very much appreciated.

Thank you