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Shard, thank you for a new boat name I will check it right away...

Aja, thank you for the info; rush is gone outta list

That makes a big difference. A mate bought a Sigma 33 for £7000 and won the OSTAR in it. Another mate recently sold a Nicholson 32 for £8000. The sigma was floating and sailable but a wreck and took much work but the Nick 32 surveyed fine and needed nothing but the kind of work it sounds like you're...

Hi Nick, Thank you for advice and info :) I will certainly look at the boats you mention. I just don't want to have too tight space under the deck but since I will be mostly sailing alone, that can be okay. I found a She 31 (which is sold already :( ) and a Dufour Arpege for under £ 10k. That's why ...

I know nothing about ocean crossing or long distance cruising so please ignore me and wait for someone who knows what they're talking about. In the mean time: Nicholson 32? Contessa 32? Sadler 32? Sigma 33? 15k seems quite a tight budget to get a boat in a suitable state to last two Transats and a y...

Hello I'm interested in buying a smallish sailboat to be sailed mostly single handed. After spending some years sailing around Med, I want to cross Atlantic to the Caribbean and sail around for a year, then back to Med. The price for the boat that I can afford is highest €15.000. What I have read in...