We made an offer on a boat!
We are getting closer to departure... Slowly but surely. We visited 7 boats so far in different ports in Southern France and also in Croatia (but screened hundreds of classified ads). We finally decided to go for the first boat we visited. It is important to visit a lot of boats before making a final decision. At first, I put my veto on that first boat we saw because it didn't meet some of my criteria, one of which was that I hated Center Cockpits. But you never know what life has in store for you, and ironically, that's the one we ended up picking. Recap of our criterias - >1996 : It has to be a "recent" boat, dated after 1996, when the CE norms for sailboats were set in Europe. - Offshore equipped : It has to be offshore equipped. Mister eventually wants to cross the Atlantic. - 3 Cabins : It had to be 3 cabins, as we potentially would have guests with kids. (Also Nico has to fit in the bed... some beds are too small for a 5ft11'/1m82 guy...