Being MBY’s technical contributor and owner of a rather well-known boating YouTube channel, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the question I get asked the most is ‘what will your next boat be?’ To which the answer is always a well practised explanation of how happy we are with our 26ft Jeanneau 805 Leader, the cost benefits of its single engine and compact size and its general manageability. All of which is completely true, but it’s also true that if a house renovation wasn’t consuming cash at a great rate of knots (finally, something more expensive than boating. Hooray!), I’d probably be getting itchy feet by now. And just like everyone else, I have my favourites, those boats you always pause to look at when you pass them in a marina with a wistful “one day”. So what would I go for? I’d stick with the sportscruiser concept but I would like a longer and heavier boat for even better seakeeping, twin engines for greater offshore reassurance, a larger sleeping cabin and a proper shower.
BOAT: Cranchi 39 Endurance
2000 Portland
