So, you dream of cruising?
The definitions of a good cruising sailboat are as varied as the opinions of the world's best anchorages. Finding the right boat for yourself can be more frustrating than your neighbor's halyards kissing their mast in the middle of the night! To make it simple, we consider any sailboat that is intended to be slept on for more than a long weekend, a cruising boat. The key word here is 'intended', as there are always exceptions, like living aboard a 22' sloop or cruising the Amazon on a Hobie Cat. I don't pretend to know what Mr. Hobie Alter was thinking, but I don't think that is what he intended....