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What would be your minimum 10m or 33ft sailboat displacement for cruising?

What would be your minimum 10m or 33ft sailboat displacement for cruising?

Its might be a little stupid question, but why people rarely use 100cm sparguns? Its always 90cm or 110cm. I actually bought 100cm just becouse it was cheaper then 90cm, and the number is more beautiful:)

Is full keel a good choice for cruising alone? Even if crossing oceans isnt my priority? I think it should more predictable which is espiacialy important for solo sailor, shallow draft is really big plus for me, and i dont really care about maneuverability. So what do you think? Is it overkill?

Any opinions on maxi 999? How good they are for solo cruising? Are they too light? What is your opinion on fractional rig? What are known problems? Thanks.

What would be your european boat of choice for full time cruising if you had 20 000€ budget?

I was looking into contessa 32 for solo cruising, but it has small headroom and its wet. I love that it is high quality build, with encapsulated keel, deck stepped mast, masthead rig, and most importantly solid fiberglass. Im fine with foam, but a lot of boats are ruled out becouse of balsa core. Another that came close was maxi 999, it has enclosed head with standing headroom shower, more modern interior, but its quite deep draft (170cm or 5.58ft), it has fractional rig (which is maybe not that big of a con for cruising, you tell me), low comfort ratio, and its harder to find under 30k which is my budget. So what other boats would fit me if thats what i need: Must be: 1.Solid or foam cored deck 2. Standing headroom 3. Sub 30k EUR 4. Widely availible in EU 5. No teak deck

Big plus: 1.Shallow draft 2.Keel stepped mast 3.Encapsulated keel 4.Skeg rudder 5.Wheel over tiller

Generaly i want realible, low (more like lower) maintinance boat, that would be simple, ocean capable, but oreantated to coastal cruising, and quite affordable.