Ocean Alexander 60
Written by Chris CaswellA car dealer may have several examples of the same model with different equipment packages on the showroom floor for buyers to compare, but most yacht dealers are unable to stock even a single million-dollar yacht. Thus, the only yacht a buyer can actually see is privately owned and usually has been customized to the tastes and needs of the owner.
Therein lies a quandary faced by both potential buyers and yacht builders.
Because not all owners have, ahem, good taste, that yacht may reflect badly on the builder-it's not always easy to see past an owner's appalling preference for purple. Yacht builders (and dealers) live or die by the good or bad taste of owners.
Voyage of Egret
Written by Scott and Mary FlandersDeparting South Island, we would cross Foveaux Strait to Stewart Island, which lies south of South Island. It would be a rock-and-roll ride deep into the "roaring 40s," a term that refers to the boisterous winds in this latitude region. Egret has no schedule and will move only in acceptable weather. We learned during our 15 months cruising in Argentina and Chile that even in areas of extreme weather, there are good days-and those days are when we move. The balance of the time, we snuggle in bombproof anchorages, and together we see how Egret's plans will unfold.
