https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1969-cal-cruising-36-9255450/

so i decided the correct kind of ship that i will be getting when i turn into a salty dawg pirate arrr is a sloop, and this one here is a reasonable example, and illustrates the lower end of the price range for which i will pay

something like this would be perfectly sufficient for a cross-atlantic journey and in general for living in docked somewhere, and it's as cheap as a small sedan but actually big enough for me and my professional ship's ratter

in fact, if i manage my spendage over the next 6 months i think by late summer i will be living in one of these docked in the furthest possible mooring i can find away from the middle of funchal bay... i recall seeing people anchored in ships like this out in Machico so it is probably not hard to find reasonable little anchorages all around the island... maybe not so much here on the east/west facing edges of the north of the island, because there seems to be a lot and frequent swells here (there is several notable surfing breaks around here) but i'm guessing anywhere from over towards the lower areas on the east around towards caniso and machico will probably be the most decent in terms of morning sun and less violent seas, being on the side facing towards the coast of Mauritania

i'm getting super excited about the idea of doing this, and i know that i can have the funds together for this... probably just need to try and keep up my portugesh lessons and get the sloop and my certificate and some lessons on how to operate these sails and some basic navigation/driving etc

https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/5ac56446da2d75a095701a1ce85f1560a4daaf3d1ecbf41800b2ee471f8b3df4/419c891d6eed7d4ef8b34b47da4812fb1080fe59f7a7d13f8a7900ce5618b68f.mp4