Hi
When I started serious
boating ('76), I had many of the concerns you had. I had not really thought of where I would be sailing. Most stories in
books and mags tell of storms and problems. Turns out most sailing is great fun, but not worthy of writing about because it is good waves and
weather and everything is working. not much to write about. When I was deciding between
multihull or mono, I was reading about people sailing the Pacific, rounding Cape Horn etc. That is not what we will do. We sail the
Bahamas,
Carribean and coastal waters of the US. You are always within a day of a good ducking in place. What is important, is what will the boat do at
anchor? That is where you want to be 95% of the time. Lots of places we went from
BVI to
Grenada would not be fun anchored in a
monohull boat but were great in a cat. I have sailed both, and the actual sailing is more exilerating on the
monohull (but slower) but I like to go places more than I like to sail, so sailing level, fast, but not exciting to get to a fun place and
anchor comfortably is what is really important to us. That is why we have a multi.
Fair winds and low waves.
Stan