Over the last couple of years we had been thinking about what boat to buy next and also done quite a bit of research.
The search started in earnest during fall 2008 and the criteria (spec) was refined as the search went along.
We were basically torn between different categories of boats:
1. Older blue water boat - Passport, Tayana, Valiant etc
3. Newer Production boat - Catalina, Beneteau, Hunter
3. High end American boats, Tartan, Sabre etc
4. Older Scandinavian performance boat - Swan, Baltic, Sweden etc
Category 3 was scratched of the list because the prices would have forced us to buy an older boat.
Category 4 ( which I love) was dumped because they often carry to much draft for our cruising ground.
Basic specs we were looking for:
37'-43' length
Aft cockpit
Max draft 6 feet
Max air draft 64 feet (ICW bridges)
Big galley (we like to cook)
Yanmar diesel (Volvo's are good but spare part prices suck...)
2 cabins.
2 heads.
Air Cond (hot on the Chesapeake in summer)
We looked at bunch of boats, Passport 40, Beneteau 423 and 473, Catalina 400, Nassau 42.
Until we found a Catalina 400 down in Oriental, NC
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