tkrfxrs
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We have chartered probably fifteen times and we have our desired boat size down to a very narrow range. Dozens of meals prepared in a galley gives you a pretty clear idea of what you can accommodate to and what you must have. Spending a week or ten days on the boat affects your tolerance of cramped or commodious heads. A pilothouse chair costs a certain amount of length. Contortions in the engine room translate into economic choices.
With the "Yacht Controller", with bow and stern thrusters, a single screw 59 footer becomes less challenging than a lesser equipped 40 footer. Like many others here, I don't see handling as a decision point. The moorage and maintenance and initial capital outlay are significant issues, but a comfortable and livable boat will get used and lived on more than one offering a rustic experience.
We will save a little more, buy a larger but older, easy to handle boat, and do this with experience of many trips on many boats of different sizes and configurations
With the "Yacht Controller", with bow and stern thrusters, a single screw 59 footer becomes less challenging than a lesser equipped 40 footer. Like many others here, I don't see handling as a decision point. The moorage and maintenance and initial capital outlay are significant issues, but a comfortable and livable boat will get used and lived on more than one offering a rustic experience.
We will save a little more, buy a larger but older, easy to handle boat, and do this with experience of many trips on many boats of different sizes and configurations