In a search for a budget cruiser, Practical Sailor has made it a point over the years to look at used boats from a prior era to find deals you might consider. For this round, we went back to a list we established in 2009, and updated it by adding two boats that make our cut—the Beneteau Oceanis 350 and the Pearson 37-2. Thus, this piece will examine a field of used sailboats costing less—and often way less than— $50K and built in the 1980s. Older boats are getting increasingly long in the tooth and more difficult to maintain and insure. Owners of even newer boats are often having to go the route of the self-insured. The insurance industry has changed radically in recent years.
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