Help with displacement cruiser for retirement

Buehler's designs certainly draw strong responses. Agree the white boat is a bit busy. On the other hand, she was single handed from China to San Francisco! I suspect most of that stuff serves a purpose (even thought I don't know what all of those things are for!)

I would say most boat's owners can't claim such capability.

 

Interesting that the boat came from china. When I look at a Buehler boat it kind of reminds me of a Junk. Just picture that white boat with a set of junk sails. I wounder if he used the junk as an inspiration for his designs or if is just coinsidence? Thomase Colvin did a lot of modified junk designs for coastal cruising and live aboard that were very succesful all sail to my knowlege. But I believe some junks(there are many variations) adapt well to power.

 

That makes real sense to me. The junk rig on these boats can act as auk. power-riding sail-steading sails. It fits functionaly and artisticly.