So long, and thanks for the fish ...

[krawall]

Dear All,

I would like to take thank all of you for your advices over the past, your feedback, your ideas and your humour.

Even I haven't been the most active member in the community, I read a lot more than I commented on (people may think this is a good thing).

Thanks to everybody and I'll be surely listening in and commenting on this or that, even, or despite the fact, that foolishly did I, just very recently plan and then it happened, I

Sold my Jeanneau 36i "Vega"

which we did enjoy tremendously over the past years and without all of you, it would have been much less fun (and many things would have been much harder to figure out on my own, if I ever figured them out :-)

She saw us thru roughly 8,000 NM without ANY incident and we only had 450hrs on the engine. Which besides, I got scolded on by friends: "You have to use your boat more, only 450hrs on the engine, you barely use her!".

Yes, not the engine, I used them floppy things that you can pull up on poles and that somehow funnels the wind and that pushes you in random directions.

Ahoy!

Tom

[tedp]

...but I notice from your signature you are 'between boats' right now, so I think you haven't quit sailing!

Good luck, and happy sailing wherever you go!

[Trevor]

Hi Krawall,

We sold our 36i in 2009. It was when the global financial crisis hit and then we realised that we really needed a boat. Bought a Beneteau 373 and that is when we realised how much we liked the Jeanneau! We have just rejoined the forum as owners of a 42 DS.

You never know, you may return as we did?

Good luck...

Trevor

[MalcolmP]

Good luck Tom and thanks for the input

Remember this forum is not just for Jeanneau owners, but anyone that has an interest in the brand. So do stop by again once in a while

Malcolm

[krawall]

Thanks for your good wishes!

TedP: Yes, of course, there's always the next one !

Trevor: Thanks and I realized that, you sold your boat shortly after I bought mine :-). Though, I'm not sure I'd opt for a Jeanneau again because at this very moment they're going towards a direction that 'm not too keen on. At leaset for a new boat. Might still consider a second hand one in the mid forty range. However, having said that, I'm a bit tired of the interior of Jeanneaus, a big let down was the 45 DS I had a look at, who needs the big wine (?) box forward of the chart table. Much better to put a sea berth there.

I've had a look at friend's Beneteaus and while there is a difference in finish (which is strongly in Jeanneau's favor) they both have quite uninspired interiors, frankly. On deck, nothing wrong with the bigger Jeanneaus, of course. But also having a go for a used one, I have to admit there's a lot of difference. Our Jeanneau was always in a marina, had a built-in air condition that ran twice a day for dehumidification. I think the result was (at least to my nose) that there was very little smell and preserved the new boat smell for quite a while. I stepped on board a friend's Bavaria which is half a year older (so then, now, over 4 years old) and I felt the boat was at least 10 years older then our Jeanneau - no air con, no dehumidifier, and strangely a lot of diesel smell inside. I think this is one thing I cannot take.

So there we are, if it's a used boat, it has to be a very recent one and at the moment I'm not too impressed with the new range of Jeanneau (simply because they are too cheap inside - storage wise& cupboards and the same old fittings that Jeanneau uses from their 32 to 50+ foot range)

So I'm not sure where I'm headed. Somewhere in the mid forty (also we got a new family member, so we need more space in a few years anyway - which by the way was the driving force of selling our boat)

But who says it has to be a monohull :-)

Malcolm: Thanks and I do check back here every now and then. I had gained so much from this forum, that I feel obliged to return something and I will do so when I can.

Cheers,

Tom