klee wyck
Guru
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2014
- Messages
- 1,022
- Location
- USA PNW
- Vessel Name
- Domino and Libra
- Vessel Make
- Malcom Tennant 20M and Noordzee Kotter 52
Folks ask and answer the type of question that the OP asked fairly often it seems. I set out to do it this way. Rationally, well researched. I looked at lots of boats and tried to make the decision make sense, add up in dollars and cents terms and be suited to the mission (as if anyone can really anticipate what the mission will actually be once you get started).
In the end (and more than once), I went with smitten, and I think it works for me. I was smitten by both of these boats having not set out to buy them. And, neither of them are rational or particularly mission critical, but because I am smitten by both of them I can easily get over the imperfections, the little hassles when they pop up, and how truly expensive boating really is. C'est la vie...and it is good.
Buy the boat that knocks your socks off.
In the end (and more than once), I went with smitten, and I think it works for me. I was smitten by both of these boats having not set out to buy them. And, neither of them are rational or particularly mission critical, but because I am smitten by both of them I can easily get over the imperfections, the little hassles when they pop up, and how truly expensive boating really is. C'est la vie...and it is good.
Buy the boat that knocks your socks off.