Checking out a sailboat

We are looking forward to spring & are starting to really desire another sailboat. We love spending time on the water and don't want to miss another season. We are having a little bit harder time trying to find a sailboat this go-around however. We like newer sailboats (more expensive) and we would also like to have more of a racer (more expensive) We really enjoyed racing on Wednesday nights (through our yacht club) and we would like to try some other races.

We looked at this 36 foot sailboat. It's pretty nice and it's in the bay - so close to home. A little bigger than we really want, since most of the time it will be the 2 of us sailing. Our last sailboat was 31 feet. Above picture - the winter cover is still on and the sailboat had been de-masted for the winter, so it may look a little strange.

Below picture is the main cabin. It's still winterized, so many of the cushions are still off. And the cabin is storage for the lines; spinnaker pole, etc
Looking at another cabin (there are 3) & at the map table

Map table

kitchen & another cabin

There is a lot of storage on this boat (unlike the one that we looked at on Long Island, which we also really liked)

Back on deck - Chris standing at the helm. Huge wheel & great space

with the sails guyThe motor

Now what makes it a fast racer - the keel. This baby has a 7 foot 2 inch draft! (our last boat had a 5 foot draft)

Having a GPS with depth at the helm will be very important.

We both really like the boat, but we are still discussing it. It's 2 feet bigger than we want (would prefer a 33 or 34 foot boat); and it's about $30K more than we really wanted to spend. We shall see...