Fletcher500
Guru
Sun, and others, have made some very good points in this thread.
There are many blue water ocean capable boats that sit in their slip. Anyone going down the ocean crossing path in a 40 to 50 something foot boat should be eyes wide open.
I was looking at used Nordhavns, KK's, and other "blue water" boats during our search for our third and probably last boat. I was honest with myself for the boats intended use - coastal cruising. We have covered almost 1,000 miles over the past year of ownership. Thats not a lot of miles compared to many, but my wife and I still work so the amount of time we have been able to get out there has been good. I will be retiring next year, so our time on the water will increase, but it will always be along the coast, the Islands, and never more than 100 miles offshore and that will be to the Cortes Bank which is on my bucket list.
With the above said, I think all of the aforementioned boats are excellent and it appears many of the people who are on TF do use them for their intended purpose of longer range cruising.
There are many blue water ocean capable boats that sit in their slip. Anyone going down the ocean crossing path in a 40 to 50 something foot boat should be eyes wide open.
I was looking at used Nordhavns, KK's, and other "blue water" boats during our search for our third and probably last boat. I was honest with myself for the boats intended use - coastal cruising. We have covered almost 1,000 miles over the past year of ownership. Thats not a lot of miles compared to many, but my wife and I still work so the amount of time we have been able to get out there has been good. I will be retiring next year, so our time on the water will increase, but it will always be along the coast, the Islands, and never more than 100 miles offshore and that will be to the Cortes Bank which is on my bucket list.
With the above said, I think all of the aforementioned boats are excellent and it appears many of the people who are on TF do use them for their intended purpose of longer range cruising.