can anyone recommond a sea going cruiser?

[Timmy35]

Hi all,

I'm new to boating, and wanted to look at buying/leasing a sea going cruiser suitable for making a crossing of about 135miles on open sea, so not a dingy.... I'd only need it for about 10 months so ideally something I could hope to resell fairly easily as and when. It would need to accomodate 4-5 people but only for a day crossing.

Are there any particular brands to look for, or avoid, I realise that the condition of the engines is vital as they're so expensive to replace/service. For a use period of under a year, is it better to look at leasing, in which case are there any good companies/websites that anyone couldf recommend.

Oh and one thing the mooring/destination would be the Eastern mediterranian/ middle east.

Cheers.

[Timmy35]

Not at all. More a case of not being able to rely on air or road transport when needed or for that matter ferries when actually needed. Hopefully it would never be needed for anything other than pottering about, but if required I would want to be able to make a safe rapid sea crossing, assuming reasonably calm seas and daylight sailing. It may well be a no starter.

[Timmy35]

crofty1984 said:

How big and how much money?

That's the question, obviously as small as possible and as little money as possible, but equally something that one would feel okay about being 60 miles from the nearest land in......

[Timmy35]

Thanks guys. The thing is I am a novice but I won't have much to do most of the time so putting in plenty of sailing hours should be easy enough, as would making some practice trips with an experienced captain to teach me.

Personally I agree that it might just be sensible not to go to the area in the first place, but I may well need to be there, and might as well try to get a positive out of it, I've always wanted a boat, I don't want to spend a fortune, some of the linked boats look pretty reasonable.

[Timmy35]

There is a sailing school/club, so maybe a good starting point would be to do some time there in order to get into the sailing community, and try the 1 week course with a trip over to cyprus. Then start asking around about charters or people looking to sell. Might be a good way to meet some people anyway.

http://lebaneseyachtclub.org/page.php?id=2&sub...