On our quest for the "best cruising cat" we looked at several models that fell squarely in the Bluewater Cruising category. In this video we share why we ended up with the Outremer and take an in depth look at the other boats we considered. We include competitive pricing and our perception of the pros and cons of each boat. All pictures and data were pulled from YachtWorld.com

Please note this video is not sponsored by Outremer. What we share here is our honest feedback.

Regarding money, we also realize how lucky we are to even consider sailing on such nice boats. We are not uber wealthy and required a bank loan to buy Archer. However, we felt it worthwhile to stretch ourselves financially (we borrowed to the max, sold everything we owned and rented out our house) to get into what we thought was the safest boat we could buy. We do not share the purchase price of our boat out of respect for the previous owner, who we know personally, but you can find used Outremer 49/51s between the $500k$900k range.

Also, we probably should mention that we wanted a 46 year old boat to minimize the depreciation impact of our purchase. Thus we did not consider the new Balance or Seawind 1160 boats (although in 5 years they might be amazing)!

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ABOUT US: We are a family of five sailing around the world on a performance catamaran named "Archer" and sharing our adventures in familyfriendly episodes on YouTube!

OUR ROUTE: We departed the Boston/Cape Cod area of the United States and sailed down to the Caribbean and through the Panama Canal. We have dealt with massive repairs in the South Pacific, the Coronavirus lock down in New Zealand, a Category 5 Cyclone in Fiji, and now we are cruising in Australia.

OUR PAST: You may remember us as "SV Honeymoon?" Ten years ago ("before kids"), we sailed a Lagoon 380 named Honeymoon halfway around the world to Sydney, Australia. Along the way we shared our experiences via YouTube and, by happenstance, created one of the very first "sailing channels." We also realized what an incredible experience we were having and that someday we wanted to do it again, only this time with kids.

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