All, as the OP I want to thank you all for all of the input. This will be my final post on this thread as we don't need another thread about
mooring systems that just goes on and on
My previous sailboat was a 27-footer. Learned some lessons there during the couple of years that I owned the
boat. Made some
mistakes with that boat that I don't intend to repeat. As such, moving onto this 27-footer does allow me a bit of a luxury of being able to do some armchair planning...but I know things will be different when actually aboard. Some things are hard and fast.....types of anchors, chain lengths,
rode length. Others aren't. I am fortunate enough to have a full copy of the builder's drawings from the PO.
Ann's statement about living onboard before changing things is good
advice, and it is much appreciated. Not going to change the
interior habitability stuff until I
liveaboard for a while. Topside? I feel I have to have a plan for
anchoring and mooring before I get to the boat in preparation for Nor'easters and anything up to a Cat 2
Hurricane. These plans may change, and probably will once I am on the boat early next year.
So, thank you all for all of the input/advice/recommendations!
It has been taken onboard and is much appreciated!
Fleming