Hey guys,
I really appreciate your advise, and I agree I have never seen a thread like this, where 100% of answers are aligned into one option !
So this should be a no-brainer choice, and you made this evident to me.
We will try to get the SO49i for a reasonable
price and then we will enjoy the 12 months in full without wasting time for a "project boat" like the HR. If the main objective was to live onboard for 5-10 years and circumnavigate, then the HR could have been an option to be taken into account, but this is not our objective (for now)....
To
Alita49DS: can you please explain why the 49DS version is better compared to the "standard" 49i? I actually have heard the other way around...
To
terah: initially I also have been looking for a
lagoon 380, but the
budget to get a 380 in the right conditions (comparable with a mono-hull) is different, I think something around 30% more, which I would like to keep in my pocket if possible. In addition, we like a lot sailing mono-hulls and we didn't like very much the "sailing" feeling when we have rented a
lagoon 420 in
Croatia. And, being just 4 people, the SO49 should be big enough for us...therefore I have "abandoned" the CAT option for now...still monitoring the market but I think nothing will pop-up in time for me...