Which Boat Should You Buy?

I’ve owned six boats in the past 40 years. I’ve cruised and raced them, crewed in countless regattas on other people’s boats and more. I can and do talk boats forever. I love them all: sail and power, dinghies and superyachts.

So, people often ask me what type of boat they should buy. My unequivocally firm answer is that you should buy the boat you can afford. And by “afford,” I do not mean the biggest boat that you have