Boats, Boats, Boats

Today we went, as long planned, to the Sydney International Boat show. The normally empty Darling Harbour was filled with boats. Martin had already done a pre-view on Thursday while I was working - so tried to steer me in the right direction. However, while he could spend half an hour on a boat chatting to the experts I decided to have a look at as many as possible to try to get an understanding on which ones I liked, which size would be suitable, and value for money. We looked at all the big makes but I quite liked the Hanse ones, a 37 or 40ft, whilst Martin still talks about a Sea-quest 36.



He took me around to look at what he calls "Bendy-Toys" - Benetau's I think which are supposed to be really nice, but I was not much impressed. We also look at Hunters (apparently no good for passage making) and some others. As you may have figured out, I don't know much about sailing boats, but I like there to be teak-decking on the top, a nice G&T area with a table and cup-holders, a decent shower and workable kitchen + 3 x double births in case we bring some of you guys on a trip. Is that too much to ask for?

Finally I got talked into a 3 hour sailing lesson for $20. Think I will save that one for the summer.