I just checked my lottery ticket so it's back to the old Contessa for me. What superb yacht!

How delightful to once again hear you, Sue. Your presentation has been sorely missed. So accurate - so pleasantly worded - so where we all desperately want to be..! This boat will be off market shorty.

One of the best looking yachts I’ve ever seen

WHAT a lovely family yacht! Cosy Quality and single schipper Performance. Envy 😂

SUE GRANT YOUR EXPRESSIVE PRESENTATION IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!.JUST THE KIND OF WOMAN TO SELL ME A BOAT 🚢 😊❤

A very lovely yacht and very well worth considering.

very beatifull !

Wow She's a Beauty

This is about 15 or 20 feet larger (and more expensive) than I need, but I am liking what I have been seeing in the Hoek yachts. I need to keep my eye out for a ketch/cutter rigged 65 footer. That might be my perfect yacht.

Dream boat !

Very special.

I'll take two...

How much is she going for lovely blue water yacht can you let me know please thanks you

I've made mind up to buy a sailing yacht, but I will buy a yacht that can do what a catamaran or a motor yacht can't do. If I had the money, I'd buy the Ophira V or convert the Pelagic 77 into a luxury yacht. Even the Kanter 80 'Fruition' suits me. I would buy the Carmella and Vivid only if they had better charter markets. 1- The first question that I need to address before buying a yacht is, 'What can this yacht do that a catamaran can't do? This means the yacht has to be able to go to the poles where the catamaran could get stuck in ice or where its hull could easily break. It should also be able to avoid capsizing and sinking in rough weather because of its superior draft, where a catamaran might suffer a hull breakage. It would still be very difficult for a catamaran to capsize because of the massive beams on the larger catamarans. 2- The second question should be, ' Why should I prefer it to a motor yacht?" The answers to that would be its superior rough weather performance and operating economy. I see no point in going anywhere, unless I can do so in comfort and luxury, so I want a spacious yacht with crew. I don't see any point in buying something that can't be chartered or resold, when I'm not using it or when I'm done using it, so I need to be able to charter and resell it, for which it has to be appeal to the broader audience as well, not just to my peculiar palate. I believe in buying something that can go anywhere because I'd be buying it to take my family around exploring, so I don't intend to buy something that would be confined to specific routes. Finally, I want to buy something that is efficient and provides the greatest versatility, comfort and quality for a competitive operating cost. I'd buy a motor yacht only if it had a small hangar for a helicopter and a submarine, aside from that, catamarans are more economical and can go everywhere except to the poles, whereas sailing yachts are more seaworthy and economical. Sailing yachts are a dying breed because economical buyers are switching to catamarans, whereas affluent buyers are moving to multi-deck motor yachts that are like floating hotels, so I don't want to spend too much on sailing because very plush motor yacht can be bought for $5M to $10M, whereas those with even helicopter hangars from around $17M to $300 million, and I might have to scrap my sailing yacht when my children grow, as I might not be able to find buyers for it. I want a yacht that can go anywhere and is spacious and comfortable for me to live with my family of 6, with help from a captain and 2 crew members, yet can be maintained with minimal crew and minimal upkeep cost, so I can eventually man it with just my family or sell it off after my children have grown up and left home, even as economy buyers opt for catamarans and richer buyers opt for multi-deck super motor yachts, so those buying it would be comparing it with catamarans. I would also want it to be easily charter-able, when not in use. A- Ideally, I would want a 78ft to a 100ft aluminum ketch with a centerboard, a secondary water ballast in inside the double-hull, a deck cockpit, a deck saloon (with two forward-looking navigation stations and a couch comfortable enough to serve as bed for those on watch) , two sets of twin rudders( one for centerboard-up navigation in shallow waters and the other for centerboard-down navigation in deep waters), twin screws, twin engines, a hydraulically or electrically deployed sail plan or an Aero Rig(that helps the yacht sail at least 85% to 95% of the wind speed), a spacious and well natural-lighted lower saloon, a comfortable owner's suite with a desk, two comfortable guest suites, a reasonably sized galley, a captain's cabin, two bunks and a tiny mess for the crew with a laundry/service area that could also serve as a hospital with a vital signs monitor and an oxygen maker and de-defibrillator(in the event of an emergency this area would turn into a hospital, whereas the crew could move into guest suites), and a spacious engine room with the workshop. I would want en-suite heads and showers for only the owner's suite and the two guest suites, whereas the others could share a separate head, a separate sink and a separate shower, so that others could take a shower or shave if one of them was using the head. I want autonomy, so would want solar panels and prop-generated power under sail for essential communications and navigation systems, lighting, refrigeration and fans. I would still need either alternators on the engine or a generator for the AC. If possible, I'd want heat pumps and air circulation and conduction cooking, again, for autonomy and safety, but would settle for diesel or gas systems coupled to hot-water or oil radiators. B- However, since nothing in life is perfect, I would be willing to compromise and settle for any of the following options: 1- If the Jongert 2700M 'Vivid' could go anywhere without breaking the folding keel or if the Carmella could go anywhere, I'd opt for either of them: a- Jongert 100ft Vivid kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJqBo9SizJ_Dc6c.html b- Vitters 92ft Carmella: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otxnZL2f19_Nf2w.html 2- If Ophira V could go anywhere, it would be my perfect used yacht at $1.6M: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibuZi5aX29eXZ4E.html 3- If the Pelagic 77 could be modified with a modern, luxury interior, like the CNB 76's interior, then that would be my favorite yacht at even $3M: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZqAe7Gmu7WVe58.html 4- If the CNB 76 or a Garcia 70 or 75 with an aluminum hull, a deck saloon, and a centerboard could go anywhere, then, I'd opt for those at around $1.5M: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hd-JlbN8uq-XhGw.html 5- If none of the above options are possible then I'd settle for a Garcia Exploration 60, but it is terribly expensive at $3M for such a tiny boat: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bs6Ki9WWz9Sal30.html 6- If the Dashew 78 Beowulf could be modified to go anywhere and if she could have her interior redone into a modern luxury interior, then I'd buy her for $800K and spend another million on her: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r9h0q7ycuK-bYWQ.html