GalaxyGirl
Senior Member
Hello all,
Wanted to respond to a few of your comments.
I have looked at a couple boats. I agree, it is definitely time to view boats, but I will only travel to view a boat that I am seriously considering.
The Radiant Star is not my boat. It is way to much like a sailboat. It is not homey enough, it's too dark, not enough windows, and not enough living space. Plus, it's wood. The only reason I was considering wood was because that Malahide Vanessa looked comfortable and spacious, but unless the boat was very similar to a trawler style, as the Vanessa is, I wouldn't consider it.
The Sopressa is a beautiful boat. The interior is obviously amazing and it has 5 cabins, which is perfect, 4 heads, large fuel capacity, wide body all good stuff. I really thought that it was the "one" for a while, but, I just can't seem to get past the design. Now, I am very much aware that I'm a super newbie, but it just doesn't look like a true Passagemaker to me. It looks like a LRC. It doesn't have sea doors and I can't seem to get past the design. It looks like a coastal boat. I know that some coastal boats can be passagemakers, but was it designed for this purpose. I would prefer to have a boat that was intended for passagemaking, not one than can do it.
I don't need a cockpit. As long as it has a swim platform, that's all my kids need.
You guys really think this a transatlantic capable vessel If I really believed it was I would seriously consider it.
Wanted to respond to a few of your comments.
I have looked at a couple boats. I agree, it is definitely time to view boats, but I will only travel to view a boat that I am seriously considering.
The Radiant Star is not my boat. It is way to much like a sailboat. It is not homey enough, it's too dark, not enough windows, and not enough living space. Plus, it's wood. The only reason I was considering wood was because that Malahide Vanessa looked comfortable and spacious, but unless the boat was very similar to a trawler style, as the Vanessa is, I wouldn't consider it.
The Sopressa is a beautiful boat. The interior is obviously amazing and it has 5 cabins, which is perfect, 4 heads, large fuel capacity, wide body all good stuff. I really thought that it was the "one" for a while, but, I just can't seem to get past the design. Now, I am very much aware that I'm a super newbie, but it just doesn't look like a true Passagemaker to me. It looks like a LRC. It doesn't have sea doors and I can't seem to get past the design. It looks like a coastal boat. I know that some coastal boats can be passagemakers, but was it designed for this purpose. I would prefer to have a boat that was intended for passagemaking, not one than can do it.
I don't need a cockpit. As long as it has a swim platform, that's all my kids need.
You guys really think this a transatlantic capable vessel If I really believed it was I would seriously consider it.