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Originally Posted by Rhosyn Mor

You buy the boat that fits your needs- including the budget... Bigger boats do not HAVE to be more complex...

I think that says it… most of us juggle a bunch of factors, size (how ever one measures it…) being only one of the factors… as you say, size does not have to engender greater complexity, and for a few there has been commendable success in not filling up larger hulls with every techno-gadget that will fit the space… yet, for others, messing about with the gadgetry is part of the enjoyment, so we each try to balance the equation our best… fifteen foot boats have made enough seamanlike voyages that they barely make the news – likewise, seventy-five footers…