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I'm trying to get a sense of physical difference between 38 and 43 Beneteau Cyclades yachts, but similar numbers are true for Ocanis series. I think the 38' is comfortable enough to live on for 2 people, but living comfort is just one piece of the puzzle. This article is written written so even non-yachters (like myself) can understand it. Beam:  Beam: 14ft 5" vs 13 ft 0" The "beam" is the width at the widest point, look at 'b' in this daigram. So the 43.3 is 1 foot 5" wider. Another way to look at it is it's 10% wider at the widest point. Big difference. As you move between the bow and stern, squeezing through the tighter places, on the 38' the smaller areas are 10% smaller, which will be noticeable.  Length : 43ft 3" vs 39ft 4". 4 ft difference, or, 10% longer. Big difference. Maximum draft : 6ft 2" vs 6 ft 0". 4 inch difference, or, 3% deeper. Not a big difference. You will not get any mo...

The boy and his leaky glass of water This is a story about a little boy and a cup of water. But the cup won't hold water. It takes the boy a lifetime to figure out why Let's start with an analogy about a cup. Thank of water as money and the cup is your bank account. Your objective is to fill it with enough water that you can take the cup to your favorite place and sip out of it for the rest of your life until you die. This is retirement. Whoever achieves the objective first wins. Each paycheck you add water to your cup. "Great, the cup is filling up fast, soon I'll be able to take it to the new place, retire, and win." But there's a problem. By the time you're ready to add more water (next paycheck) you notice something peculiar: not all the water your added remains in the cup. In fact, almost none of it remains . How i this possible? You worked so hard to add water and it looked like the cup would be full soon!. You add more water and notice som...

I was asked the question of "Where is a nice place to travel to outside of North America in November?" This is my answer: Hawaii is always lovely. I have friends in hawaii with a 50' sailboat, they live part time in SF working tech jobs, part time they live on the boat. They will be there and they like visitors if you guys want i can connect you. lexi and i will visit them too. south america is a mess i don't think you would like it. maybe chile, if you want the south american experience but not the chaos. but i think too cold in november, too close to south pole. the way to pick your travel destination is look at the globe and divide it into 24 strips. 12 in upper hemisphere and 12 in lower. for each month, there is an ideal place to be. in november it is somewhere around florida. so you can draw a line all the way around earth through miai and see where it intersects. weather will be good in all those places. then draw another line in the so...