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A 3-day ICC (International Certificate of Competence), which is the equivalent of an RYA Powerboat Level II is a good starting point for something like this. Gives some basic knowledge of handling/passage planning and safety. Costs about £1500 and ideal if you've got a wife/partner to do together (lower cost for second student if doing on your own boat), then you're both safe if something happens to the other one. It would also help you get insured for coastal use.

I boat on a 29footer myself so very much at home!

Ha, just made a 9 layer standing-up flamingo birthday cake for my daughters birthday....makes boat driving feel a cinch!

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I think the grey hull really makes this one.

Thanks. Nope the fins are deployed all the time (they're on a shaft that comes out of the hull) and do hinder the speed very slightly, but I wouldn't want to own a boat like this without them (such are the positives). They worked out some years back that curved (vector) fins, were more efficient than the older style straight design.

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Yes most of the nav kit these days will output a video feed (sometimes additional kit is req'd) that would feed into a tv. Sometimes do this onto owners tv so you can check boat position at night.

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On the 65 it isn't poss to do the sideways pin on dock (stern thruster doesn't work on that hull design due to how the platform slides), so you'd do this manually with the IPS joystick (poss through a Dockmate remote where you could then still leave the helm). Mostly I just want to get a stern line on, then you can just do the bow thruster on a remote.

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Range !

Probably just the Med or around Miami/Bahamas. For a round the world tour you probably would be better off with an actual explorer type yacht. These yachts have steel hulls and are full displacement yachts with deep draft. They are slower, but also typically a lot more stable in rough waters and are, in fact, designed a lot better to handle rough seas. In fact some of them even have a certain ice breaking capacity. This, on the other hand is a semi-displacement boat, if I am not mistaken (might even be a planing hull, have to look it up), made from fibreglass designed to travel through much calmer seas at greater speeds. I would imagine you can still take it on a trip across the world it’s just that there are much better suited vessels for that

@@adastra79 Thank you for such an informative reply gonna do the lottery now and fingers crossed I maybe checking out one these lol

Mmm apparently the sun does go down of an evening 😂