The only thing in multis, as we do plan on living through the winter(s) on the boat, and I have never heard of anyone doing this. I cant see how painful and expensive it would be to heat 2 hulls and a central area. Hmm.
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The first criteria to evaluate is size.
Size
This is the reverse of what everyone thinks...best advice given is to get the smallest you can get away with. There is also a social pressure it seems to all want a big boat, non-boaters are really impressed by boat size. Thankfully, I tend to think, smaller is better.
So what does that mean?
- Accomodation For us it means a double bed minimum, separate and distinct areas. Which bring us to...
- Privacy We do love each other, and love to spend time together more that most couples. People probably get sick to see us together...but we both know that we enjoy separate privacy space and time.
- Storage The two reason we need storage, is that we will be living aboard (1), and as well, we do plan on going on extended cruising (2), 6 months to start, so we need room for provision and gear, etc.
Trawlers, almost automatically gives us that kind of space. It seems that the smallest trawlers are in the 32-34 range. A trawler at that size though, has almost double living space of a comparable sailboat. It seems that way, maybe 1.5 is more realistic. Although, I came across the blog of a couple living aboard a Ranger 27. They used to have a much bigger boat, but now prefer this size, as it permits them to trailer it to different areas as well. They are full time liveaboards, and they do not own a home! Impressive...
Multis also automatically give us that space...and more! But price, which I will discuss more in an upcoming post, may negate multis altogether.
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