Hi mate,
Yeah we looked at many boats with no real experience, other than the
research on different designs and principals.
I really wanted somthing of good
blue water status but after going through many vessels what we ended up going with was more of a cruiser type design.
Reason for this was i could afford something abit newer, ( being i currently dont have a huge amountof knowledge on fixing systems and something newer “feels” more manageable. See how that goes..) and the amount of time we would spend hopping around different locations as apposed to big crossings, a lighter more maneuverable boat out weighed
offshore proformance and those type of layouts.
Purchase was fairly simple step by step, watch the rates. If your spending a decent amount it dosnt take much to throw out your
budget if the rate slides..
We brought through williams and smithells,
english mob so it was straight down the line.
All that being said, im 26, and have zero sailing exp. the first
sail boat i stepped on was the the one we ended up
buying. After looking at about 20 others..
So i 100% winged our boat
buying situation. Gota start somewere haha and everthing has been fine so far.
Luke.