proudsailor
Veteran Member
Three year follow-up!
Re-reading my original post (and everyone's friggin funny replies) and thought an update is in order to the original from THREE YEARS AGO- OMG this is one long @$$ process!
Continue to lurk around yachtworld and TF. Continue to roam docks (together) and point out pros/cons. Spent several nights on a KK42 recently and got underway. To my surprise, she said "I think I could do this" w/ a twinkle in her eye. Topside cocktails in a nice breeze overlooking the water w/ a setting sun also helped.
Early on, we kept thinking Kadey Krogens and we both walked off of this one after several days and felt like we could do the boating lifestyle, just not in a Kadey. Both in great shape but climbing/worming into a very high V berth in a room w/ not a lot of natural light was not for us. Nor was a head that when sitting, knocked doors open (although I'm not Larry Craig). But man did I like the feel of being underway in a heavy displacement boat.
So now we're thinking aft stateroom. And something w/ a larger outdoor deck. Believe it or not, she's a runner and is wondering how to put a small treadmill on a boat so SHE can make it work. Seriously. Some nice DeFevers have some topside areas as big as our living room- doable? Other thoughts?
Everyone said, slowly ease in, three years before truly spending time on one is definitely easing in. We continue to negotiate and in the next phase consider a small land based condo near the water and a trawler that is a second home that allows us to travel.
Grateful for everyone's insights. You said spend some time on one- check. Go slow- double check. Still looking/interested- good sign. In the meantime, will get on my sail boat and get my fix until we can get to the next phase...
Re-reading my original post (and everyone's friggin funny replies) and thought an update is in order to the original from THREE YEARS AGO- OMG this is one long @$$ process!
Continue to lurk around yachtworld and TF. Continue to roam docks (together) and point out pros/cons. Spent several nights on a KK42 recently and got underway. To my surprise, she said "I think I could do this" w/ a twinkle in her eye. Topside cocktails in a nice breeze overlooking the water w/ a setting sun also helped.
Early on, we kept thinking Kadey Krogens and we both walked off of this one after several days and felt like we could do the boating lifestyle, just not in a Kadey. Both in great shape but climbing/worming into a very high V berth in a room w/ not a lot of natural light was not for us. Nor was a head that when sitting, knocked doors open (although I'm not Larry Craig). But man did I like the feel of being underway in a heavy displacement boat.
So now we're thinking aft stateroom. And something w/ a larger outdoor deck. Believe it or not, she's a runner and is wondering how to put a small treadmill on a boat so SHE can make it work. Seriously. Some nice DeFevers have some topside areas as big as our living room- doable? Other thoughts?
Everyone said, slowly ease in, three years before truly spending time on one is definitely easing in. We continue to negotiate and in the next phase consider a small land based condo near the water and a trawler that is a second home that allows us to travel.
Grateful for everyone's insights. You said spend some time on one- check. Go slow- double check. Still looking/interested- good sign. In the meantime, will get on my sail boat and get my fix until we can get to the next phase...