Bobski forum posts in last 60 days

Thaks all for replies Have all been enormously uweful and most of all reassuring. Makes me comfortable in keeping my beautiful boat. Yes she does have a good autopilot, and has AIS, radar, furling foresail but not main, I will get some electiric winches and an autopilot remote as per advice. I am considering bow thrusterss but of two minds. I'm going to do a separate post on mentors though becuase I am not a racer (just no interest in it, just curising) so don't have ths social side of sailing, and am looking to skill up. I'm doino the formal courses but want some tutoring on my own boat. Unfortunately paying for a private tutor through a sailing school is rediculously expensive i.e. $1000 a day. I'm hoping to find say a retired experienced skipper who is looking for some picket money and maybe a challenge!

Hi all, have a Bavaria 38 cruiser that my wife and I bought, my wife convinced me to buy her the plan being we would sail as a couple, I was going to buy smaller. Anyway, sadly it ends up she gets panicked when out on the water and she has virtually given up on the idea of sailing. I on the other hand love it, have become a fairly competent inshore skipper, and am very keen to take the next steps to become a coastal and then possibly offshore sailor. So I am left with a Bavaria 38 that has been set up nicely that I either have to learn to sail single-handed (albeit having crew occasionally) or sell her and buy a smaller one eg 30 - 34 foot. Shis is a 2004 Bavaria 38 cruiser and setup nicely for possible single-handing with all lines all coming back to the cockpit. We are about to move back to Adelaide so I feel under pressure on making a decision as it is much easier to sell her in Sydney (and easier to find a smaller boat) I am also keen for advice re .finding a mentor that can be hired for some hours to come to Pittwater on my yacht to give me some practical skippering and sailing tips I have booked to do the RYA Day Skipper practical certificate.