By borisheir on Skatehive
The PCS Series It is my intention to write, from time to time, a series of articles on the concept of the perfect cruising sailboat. As a reader I expect you to understand that you will probably never see a perfect sailboat – for cruising or any other purpose. Nevertheless, the concept of the PCS allows one to develop a mental appreciation of the features present or lacking in a sailboat that you actually examine. This is useful whether you are in the process of acquiring a sailboat, or maintaining one that you already own. Preliminaries Before we can define the perfect cruising sailboat, we have to know for what kind of cruising the boat must be ready. For purposes of this discussion, these are the defining parameters I personally consider ideal. While these choices are subjective, they are not without a supporting rationale, as we shall see. Range: Capable of non-stop circumnavigation of the earth in the course of a year. Cabins: Two doubles and four singles or three doubles and two