First Draft makes a very good point, just the facts ma'am, some seriously bitchin' surfboard porn, and Weather Underground has been purchased by the Weather Channel...
Mr Orlov's post this morning got me thinking (it's well worth a read) about the whole being a consumer and consumerism gig...
Anyway, it sorta/kinda reinforces something that I've been thinking about for awhile that if looking to buy or build a new boat, smaller makes a whole lot more sense than bigger.
Of course, the advantages are pretty obvious. Smaller is going to cost you less to buy/build, smaller means less work to keep it sailing, as well as less expense all around. What's not to like?
A lot of people seem to feel that a bigger boat is a safer boat and I'll admit that a bigger boat can be a tad more comfortable in some conditions but there is really no valid argument that bigger = safer.
Take a quick look at Tad Robert's Future Cruiser 28...
This boat can go anywhere you care to take it. At 28' it has about the same living space as our CAL 34 or, to be more precise, it has about the same amount of living space we actually utilize on our CAL 34. It's systems (well, actually using the word systems is something of a misnomer) are small, cheap and easily handled. When it's time to haul out you'd have six feet of haul out charges you don't have to pay and a gallon of anti-fouling you don't need to buy... Over the course of a few years this becomes a substantial savings... I won't go into savings at marinas because with a draft of less than two feet you'll always be able to find someplace free to anchor!
Of course, if you have a bent to go the multihull route take a look at the KD860...
Listening to Rod Stewart
So it goes...
