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by jf 3645 days ago
Do you have to love fixing engines while surrounded by bilge water?
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Kind of, yes.
It is a sail boat that you want. Not much engine fixing.
Inboard maintenance in cramped quarters ankle-deep in oily bilge muck is not a joke. Any sailboat big enough to live aboard is going to have an engine of some sort. Outboards are probably the least bad if you can make that work and not drop it into the sea, but most have inboards which require some degree of maintenance.