[RichLazzara]

Assuming you had a good captain you would reach shore in all of them just fine. My favorite though is Dan Evans comment "I would say a submarine". good stuff.

[travler]

a heavy trawler

[mykidzm3]

Pj-150

[Cambria]

Cheoy Lee, for the quality of construction

[captain_jack]

Originally Posted by mykidzm3

Pj-150

Okay, that's a little outside of the O.P.'s parameters;

Originally Posted by DDD

If you and your family are in a 75 foot yacht............

But I'm totally with you on the PJ.

[K1W1]

Originally Posted by hat4349

I talked to a guy in Annapolis one time that had sailed around the world in a 24 foot sailboat, not sure who was crazier or the better sailor.

Reading that got me wondering what the smallest boat to do a circumnavigation was. Here is what I found.

http://www.acrohc.com/

[Kevin]

There's some people working on an 8 foot challenger to the Acrohc. I'm looking for the site (saw it a couple of years ago) but haven't had any luck yet.

[K1W1]

Would it be this?

http://www.kashpureff.org/boats/SmallWonder/

Here is another small boat effort

http://www.aroundinten.com/

[Kevin]

Yep, that looks like the one. I remember seeing sketches at one point too. It basically looked like one of those "Around in Ten" boats, if I remember correctly. After all, in a footprint that small there isn't all that much leeway in shape or design.

Originally Posted by DDD

I
If you and your family are in a 75 foot yacht 40 miles from your destination and you came across a freak storm, which of the yachts below would you rather be in? Please rank in order of preference

Azimut, Ferretti, Horizon, Fairline, Princess/Viking, Sunseeker.

Sorry no one. In a real freak storm I don't want to be in any of these toys.

[Blue Ghost]

A Swan 90

[Capt J]

a 75' Jim Smith Sportfish.

[revdcs]

Originally Posted by DDD

I had a meeting with a yacht surveyor in Ft. Lauderdale yesterday. I asked him the question below and he took almost 15 minutes to answer. This gave me the idea to pose the same question to the most qualified group on the planet...

If you and your family are in a 75 foot yacht 40 miles from your destination and you came across a freak storm, which of the yachts below would you rather be in? Please rank in order of preference

Azimut, Ferretti, Horizon, Fairline, Princess/Viking, Sunseeker.

You may add but not delete from the list. I know I made several assumptions, please assume thay are all new yachts and the same size.

Okay. So after fifteen minutes of thinking, what did the surveyor say - and what did you go for in the end?

[johnny mac]

ok what did he pick?

[Capt J]

I know one thing. I wouldn't mind being out there in a 76' Northern Marine.....