i'm with cookee, a well made 8m plus will do the job, you are always going to get seas that anysize boat won't like, sometime in 2m rollers i wished for a smaller boat so i didn't hit both waves at once, but you've got to think of all the kit and fuel you will carry for extended cruising and if you're going petrol you need to think more carefully about fuel and tank size, petrol's not always available in some places, i say 8 plus cos mine's 8.5m and i've never had to many problems and i can always get into a marina, 30ft puts you into another bracket with marina's, off to st malo myself at the end of the month
just read your profile, i used to live in old worting road just down from the hammer and tongs pub and now i'm waking up i shouldn't miss the oppurtinity and tell you my cabin rib is up for sale
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