{"id":1308,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:11:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:11:52","slug":"which-boat-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/which-boat-to-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Boat to Buy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p class=\"Body\"> Hello&#8211;My wife and I just sold a 41&#8242; Cheoy Lee and we are looking for another boat (bigger). Somewhere around 50&#8242;- my wife wants a large owner&#8217;s stateroom. We also plan lots of offshore passagemaking. But our max to spend is around $150,000 so we can&#8217;t afford a Sundeer or any of the other boats you have built. But do you have any suggestions on a good safe offshore boat for us? Bill <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p class=\"Body\">Hi Bill: That is toughest question of all&#8211;there are so many options. First, I&#8217;d look for an older boat, one of the late CCA or early IOR designs. Next, a boat which needs cosmetic work that you can do yourself (which means the price will be a lot lower because most people can&#8217;t see beyond aesthetics). If the boat has been prepared for or has been cruising, so much the better as you&#8217;ll be getting a lot of needed gear at a huge discount. Finally, buy waterline first, second, and third&#8211;this is the most important factor for comfortable, fast (and safe) cruising. A funky looking but sound 50-footer is going to be a much better boat for cruising than a more modern tricked-out 40-footer with 8 -feet less waterline. Good luck in your hunt!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello&#8211;My wife and I just sold a 41&#8242; Cheoy Lee and we are looking for another boat (bigger). Somewhere around <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/which-boat-to-buy\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-the-right-boat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36303,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308\/revisions\/36303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}