Ted Dixon and his wife Jenny spent eight years living aboard their long-range Nordhavn 47 cruising powerboat Southern Star, exploring the Caribbean and North America, as well as the South Pacific. This story, in two parts, examines the pros and cons (mostly pros!) of cruising long distances on a power boat, or as ex-sailors like Ted often say, “going to the dark side.”
Every so often
I hit the self-destruct button and decide to build a boat, well aware of the commitment in time and money. That’s because
the boats I want to own simply don’t exist.