What are the best luxury yachts for long distance travel with no large crew?
A few of my friends that live on their boats keep telling me that smaller trawler yachts (less than 50ft) are better to cruise on than massive superyachts. One couple lives full time on a 42 foot with stabilizers, and they say it is more fuel efficient and can dock anywhere. They found spare parts water pumps on ali baba for about half the price over at the marina. Another friend swears that aluminum hulls are better than fiberglass in rough water because of that. But here is our dilemma is single diesel engine with an outboard in the back, as a sort of safety mechanism, better than twin engines? How important is a fast watermaker on long distance trips? Some say you can just collect rain. Live a boards, what is the most nasty thing about your galley equipment on a small yacht? And, do you like bow thrusters or do you just use prop walk?