turning a sailboat into a motorsailor

[viking north]

Definately here we need our heated wheelhouse -- It extends the season 2 to 3 months without freezing one's ass off. Been there done that, not interested in any more tee shirts.

[Wavewacker]

BTW, there is a 39' Roberts steel pilothouse cutter on EBay that appears to be going cheap, needs interior built, engine available cheap (VW Diesel) with mast! If I could I would and then change my crusining grounds to fit that boat! LOL

Money dictates all kinds of things. My costal and inter-costal/river stuff is basically to see the country and is a means to be near civilization at all times, reducing financial requirements for a vessel to cruise the 7 seas. If you are daring enough I guess many small boats will make the Bahamas and further south and such would not be cost prohibitive.

[BATAAN]

As much as I hate to say it, a Roberts Spray with pilothouse, if well built of steel or aluminum and professionally outfitted with top notch equipment, comes close to the ideal motorsailor since the SPRAY model on which it is based does very well with modest power and can bash through the most gnarly conditions due to its floatation and steel build.