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    Comparing Production Boats in Order to Get What You Need
    Comparing Production Boats in Order to Get What You Need
    Comparing Production Boats in Order to Get What You Need
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    Comparing Production Boats in Order to Get What You Need

    By John Champion

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    Five chapters including a beginners explanation of ratios to help you better understand magazine reviews and predict a vessels performance under sail. Much useful information for the potential boat buyer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Champion
    Release dateSep 12, 2012
    ISBN9781301886012
    Comparing Production Boats in Order to Get What You Need
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    John Champion

    The author, John Champion is currently living aboard in Malaysia after a three year stint working in the marine electrics industry in Thailand. A regular writer for sailing magazines he has lived aboard since 1999 and sailed perhaps 22 000 sea miles. Much work in sail training and the charter industry has allowed him to test many dozens of different yachts and catamarans. He now needs a bigger boat so please buy a copy for a friend!

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      Comparing Production Boats in Order to Get What You Need - John Champion

      Comparing production boats in order to get what you need.

      John Champion

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 John Champion

      Chapter 1; Comparing Production Boats part 1, don't believe the hype

      Over recent years the number of production yachts on offer in Australia and throughout the world has increased substantially despite the demise of all but a few domestic monohull builders. Beneteau, Catalina and Jeanneau have been around for donkeys years, Hunter, Bavaria and Dufour are perhaps a little more recent to these shores. Add the relative newcomers, Waquiez, Hanse and Delphia to the list and things start to sound busy. Of course we are not finished yet, Island Packet, Halberg Rassy, Grand Soliel, X Yachts, Najad, Sweden Yachts, Oyster, Moody and Swan are all available. To make the choice even more interesting some of these manufacturers offer both cruisers and racing versions of a similarly sized yacht. Then there are the cats, Perry, Lightwave, Lagoon, Tasman and Fontain Pajot to name a few. Any wonder people visit boat shows which is probably your only chance of comparing, at least superficially a variety of vessels in the flesh. Having sailed many dozens of different production boats (mostly by the higher volume, lower priced manufacturers) in charter work over the years it becomes apparent that all are not created equal. Each of the builders seem to be facing the same design and production challenges and it is interesting to note the way each address them. Some do a great job in some areas and poorly in another. The next builder will excel in many issues and then completely ignore an aspect which significantly detracts from the vessels suitability or hardiness. Others simply do the least possible to create an impressive looking and salable product for the lowest possible price.

      Don’t believe the hype.

      According to the ads each of these vessels will be everything to everyone and is the last word in luxury, safety, performance and construction; this is obviously crap when speaking of a new 38 to 40 footer in the mid 200k range but will be much closer to the truth if a similar size vessel is setting you (not me) back, upwards of 500 grand. So we want a boat, either new or secondhand as the issues are basically the same; can't afford a flash one which realistically will be of a much higher standard and have resigned ourself to choosing the best of the inexpensive (relative term of course) offerings. What do we look for and what do we wish to avoid? The first thing to consider is performance. Essentially this comes built in from the factory and no amount of gear is going to transform a house brick into a fast boat. New kevlar sails will help but the adage about pearls adorning the neck of swine, sounds about right. So if going reasonably fast is on the list, that list just got a

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