{"id":1325,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:12:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:12:29","slug":"cal-48-for-family-cruising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/cal-48-for-family-cruising\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal 48 for Family Cruising"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p>I just received the new book and video. It will take some time to read the book, but I have some comments about the video.<\/p>\n<p> BEOWULF is an incredible boat; however, I must admit that it is a bit discouraging knowing that in all likelihood I will never be able to afford a boat like that. I am impressed with the thought and engineering that went into the boat, and I want to know if Steve &#038; Linda have designed a lower priced boat, or if they recommend any boats in the $100 to $300M price range. Perhaps a used boat. My family of 5 is hoping to begin a cruising life in the next 3 years. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p> Hi Mark: Thanks for the nice comments. There are so many choices it is tough to pick a few out. I guess the best advice I can give you is to review the guidelines in both Offshore Cruising Ency and Surviving the Storm&#8211;see what fits your needs, and then make choices and\/or tradeoffs accordingly.<\/p>\n<p> One of my personal favorites, from the 1970s, which can be had for under $100,000&#8211;is a Cal 48. A fast, seaworthy Bill Lapworth design. If you are careful and do some of the work yourself, you could spend 50\/75K to upgrade sails, rig, and systems, and have a wonderful cruising boat. Good Luck with the hunt&#8211;Steve <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just received the new book and video. It will take some time to read the book, but I have <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/cal-48-for-family-cruising\/\">&#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-1325","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\/1325"}],"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=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36340,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions\/36340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}