[PUP] Suitable boats

[bob Austin]

There are many smaller and less expensive boats very suitable for the 
Coastal cruising.  I have seen Grand Banks 36 and 32 safely cruise to Mexico 
and further.  Another boat I have seen several places along the Coast is the 
single engine Rough Water 41-42, probably the most boat for the $$$. 
(Consider the large windows, leaks, and potential deck softness problems) 
But the RW is a Monk design and not a bad hull.  Certainly the Ocean 
Alexanders are right up there, and I have already mentioned the Choey Lee's. 
The Defever Long Range Cruiser 40 is another boat which is often ignored, 
and one has gone from Calif. thru the Canal, and eventually around the tip 
of S. America, back up to California.  Most of the Defevers are capable of 
these coastal passages.  Of course the Hatteras LRC series qualifies.

So is passagemaking about crossing oceans, or about coastal cruising--and 
where is the line?  I would certainly consider a boat which has the range to 
circumnavigate S. America, a coastal passagemaker...

Bob Austin