you sir, have excellent taste. as for me: I'll take the 88 foot 100 year old schooner I currently work on. finest sailing boat I've ever been on. and easy on the eyes to boot.



PS. fuck modern motoryachts. see enough of em and they all eventually start to look the same. a classic sailing yacht on the other hand.

Very nice!

I wonder how much one would run. Not that I have the funds anyways

4-6 mil minimum depending on power plant/propulsion and electronics package.

Pfff chump change. Let me break my piggy bank

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1989/Custom-Patrol-2448059/Japan

okay, it's probably a tad radioactive....

Grew up on a 25 catalina with the pop-top and shoal keel. Great, reliable boat. Had outboard engine which had a really poorly designed mount and could be "exciting" around docks in bad weather. Parent's had to leave me on a dock in Canada during bad weather when a large ferry came in at same time we were trying to check in to customs. Always wanted a 27 or 30 footer with the atomic 4 inboard.

YES! I read about that inboard diesel being amazingly fuel efficient and way better than the kicker motors. The sacrifice is the keel though, and no more shallow water playtime. I think it would be a great way to spend the weekend since we are on a big lake (Oneida) which connects to Ontario by way of canal. That is a lot of area to sail and we have plenty of wind. The only problem is that I have never sailed! That might be what is holding me back. I spent a lot of time on the water, but always with a motor. Except for my kayak of course. Sailing just seems like the way to go if you will be away from shore for any length of time. If you are island hopping then maybe a motor vessel is the way to go. I am far from an expert, but I do have dreams!!

I like the 62 better. Looks more "merchant" like. Read somewhere that they're getting rid of it in favor of the 63.

I think it's also because the 62 has that long passageway where the staterooms are. ETA: I see the 63 featured has that long passage forward that I like, unlike the plans on their website. Still like the 62's lines better.

That's a beauty. Unfortunately, too far out of my range unless something drastically changes.