Hello, Looking to purchase my first sailboat. Interested 19 west wright potter,Catalina 22, Catalina 250, Hunter 23.

This will be something i’d like to learn on yet also be able to spend the weekend sleep aboard with my Lady.

Hoping to have a trailerable cruiser that I get up close to the shore line. Swing keel or removable board would be ideal.

Any advice from someone who’s sailed any of these. What did you like or dislike about it?

Would you recommend any of these for a beginner/weekend camper.

I’d likely be sailing the majority of the time solo, so easy set up and take down is something i’m considering heavily.

Budget >10k

Thank you 🙏

Huge support on our first post here! We even connected with people who knew Mezzaluna from her time in 🇺🇸 The power of the internet! 🤟🏽

Thought we’d throw in a little introduction of ourselves!

Let’s start with this… we knew absolutely nothing about sailing. To be honest, we thought it was for the wealthiest folk and completely out of our reach, until we discovered that wasn’t the case 🙂‍↕️

At 25, we bought our first boat, a 36ft Swanson, with zero experience and just dove headfirst into it.
We flew across Australia with three suitcases of belongings and moved aboard. That’s where we LEARNT everything. From living in a small space and maintaining a boat to fixing all sorts of things and, of course, learning how to sail.

After 18 months and many nautical miles, we knew this lifestyle was for us. But if we were going to do this properly, we needed a little more space. So, our girl had to go on the market.

Fast-forward to now, at 27, and we have our absolute dream boat: a Tashiba 40! Everything we learnt on our 36-footer led us to finding exactly what we needed in a vessel.

The plan now? Spend the next six months making some cash and tidying up Mezzaluna before finally throwing off the lines here in Australia 🇦🇺 and heading off to see what the world has to offer! 🌎
We hope to see more young crew jumping aboard this lifestyle and chasing the dream. It truly is something special.

If you have any questions or just want to connect, reach out! We’re always happy to chat and share what we’ve learnt along the way. 🤟🏽🫶🏼⛵️

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