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Chema, de ahí están muy bien los consejos para comprar barco:

Rick's Rules for Boat Buying

1. A small boat and a suitcase full of money beats a 40 footer tied to the Bank every time.
2. Cruising boats are bought by the pound, not the foot.
3. You gain more live aboard space for every foot of beam added than for foot in length purchased (there are some older narrow CCA-style boats that are 50ft long, but with less usable interior space than a Westsail 32).
4. While boats are linear, their maintenance, time and equipment costs are exponential (it costs three times as much to maintain a 40 footer than a 30 footer).
5. The view of paradise is exactly the same from the cockpit of a small boat as that from a goldplater.
6. Any fool can sail a 45ft boat downwind in nice weather. On the other hand, it is very easy to buy more boat than a couple can handle during a blow on a lee shore.
7. Pay attention to the basics--hull, engine, rigging, sails--rather than to amount, quality or age of gizmos; a few grand held back at purchase can replace (or add) GPS, VHF, wind and depth instruments, and creature comforts--cushion covers, propane stove, etc. A bum engine, a rigging failure, or a bad case of blisters can easily set you back three of four times that.
8. Charter fleet boats were designed for two or three couples living out of duffels and eating ashore most of the time, not live-aboard and cruising--you'll be offered hundreds of badly used former charter boats at very attractive prices, but you can't afford them.
9. "Go small, go now." Lin Pardey
10. Finally, always purchase a boat in which you will be proud to be seen arriving.

Generously contributed by:
Rick H. Kennerly
Xapic - Westsail 32
nh2f@abs.net
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