| STEP 4 The Five Step Plan to your Sailing Dream |
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| STEP 4 Buying The Boat Learn more about design, systems, construction, and what compromises to make, Take diesel repair classes, Attend our "Try Before You Buy" workshop, Pick the right boat for you, Shop, Survey, Insure, Purchase |
| Waypoint 9 Determining which boat is right for both of you. By now you should have good start on what you are looking for in a cruising boat. Now your goal is to learn much more about boat construction and design and to try as many different types of boats as possible. Two Can Sail will be offering, starting in 2011, a “Boat Shopping Workshop” learn about Yacht design and construction, plus an exclusive try before you buy sailing program, partnering with several boat manufactures, dealers and charter companies in the Tampa Bay area. This is a one week course where we tour boat building factories, look at boats in a yard through a surveyors “eye” with an Accredited Marine Surveyor (Jean), and spend the week daysailing on four different manufactures boats to compare designs, performance, features and comfort. Waypoint 10 Shopping, Survey and Purchase Take your time on the shopping, it should be a fun part of the process! Two Can Sail offers boat shopping services that are complimentary to what Brokers offer. By previewing boats for our clients we have saved them thousands of dollars in surveying and contracting costs by avoiding vessels that wouldn’t pass survey or meet their requirements. Once a target vessel is chosen, we help you work with a Broker to move through the offer process, and purchase process. Of course, we are specialists in surveying blue water sailboats thus Two Can Sail offers our surveying services at this step. |
Step Four: Buying a Boat
| Brian & Bobbi Finishing Step 4, Joined ASA Flotilla after purchasing their Pearson 424 with Shopping & Survey assistance from TwoCanSail |
Ken & Chris worked with Jeff & Jean
to select & survey their Tartan 3500
to select & survey their Tartan 3500
| Try Before You Buy Boat Shopping Workshops Test Sail: Catalina, Hunter, Beneteau, Island Packet Surveyors insights, factory tours, and more. Click here for details! |
Photos and Diagrams from Two Can Sail Survey reports
| Jean & Jeff conduct Out of Water Survey of Sabre 38 |