Did we Buy the right Sailboat !

Join us as we share our experience of buying the perfect sailboat for our adventures on the water. Watch to see if we made the right choice! #fresh2salty
We are your average joe family from Oklahoma who fell in love with sailing and travel. After 2 years of planning we started to make the transition to full time sailing and traverling.
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[@chrisfullwood6643]

Excellent video lots of good perspective for prospective boat owners. Follow on question, how nerve wrecking was the first few months after the initial purchase of the boat. Emptying an entire house, and uprooting everyone is stressful enough. But then taking on full time boat life is a hugely difficult task. What were the trails and tribulations of that process and as importantly how did you all feel during the process.

[@SVFresh2Salty]

We will have to see what we can put together thank you for the suggestions !

[@Aevoguitar]

An Englishman man who looks like an American living in the USA⛵👍

[@SVFresh2Salty]

Very accurate! With dreams to sail our boat to England!

[@hansguenter6263]

For a long-distance sailing boat, I would always look at the keel version first; I would never take a short keel with a lot of draft; I would also be extremely reluctant to take a free-standing rudder blade!

[@SVFresh2Salty]

@@hansguenter6263 so far with what we have done she’s been great. Thanks for commenting and thanks for watching !

[@deerfootnz]

And yet I, after 40 years and over 200,000 cruising miles would not take anything except a fin keel and spade rudder. The key is to get a properly engineered fin keel and spade rudder - and few production boats are well engineered and I wouldn't consider a beneteau. The rudder stock on my boat is 8" diameter and it's built for grounding and is stronger than almost all skegs except metal boats

[@SVFresh2Salty]

@@deerfootnz I always find that everyone has their own perspective on things. Thanks for sharing yours. We had a discussion afterwards about this video and the fact that we left out one important bit of information. Fresh 2 Salty is a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey DS. The original owner purchased this boat in France, with the purpose of proving that he could single handedly sail her to the Bahamas. Which he succeeded in doing. Everyone had their liked and dislikes about various features of every boat. It’s always a give and take with every boat. We feel fortunate to own this particular boat. And confident that she has a few more long ocean passages in her.

[@hansguenter6263]

@@deerfootnz Good luck;!

[@hansguenter6263]

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