{"id":9841,"date":"2021-01-17T15:41:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T20:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/?post_type=reference&#038;p=9841"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:32:29","slug":"s-v-doras-dream-admiral-40-for-sale-by-owner-interview","status":"publish","type":"reference","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/reference\/s-v-doras-dream-admiral-40-for-sale-by-owner-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;S\/V Dora&#8217;s Dream&#8221; &#8211; Admiral 40  For Sale By Owner Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today we have a special interview with Sean of S\/V Dora&#8217;s Dream who is <a href=\"https:\/\/yachtsite.com\/catamarans-for-sale\/admiral-40-executive\/\">selling his Admiral 40 on CatamaranSite.com<\/a> and agreed to talk about the benefits of the model.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sean discusses the strengths of the Admiral 40 model, why he choose to purchase it, and what a buyer and new owner would need to update on Dora&#8217;s Dream. Please click on the for sale by owner link above for more information and to inquire to Sean directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For additional owner, designer, and catamaran builder interviews, please go to <a href=\"https:\/\/yachtsite.com\/tag\/interviews\">our interviews page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cs-yt\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/64zLQjb1oR4?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1\" style=\"position:relative;aspect-ratio:16\/9;background:#000;overflow:hidden;border-radius:5px;\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/64zLQjb1oR4\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\n\t     alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\n\t     style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;display:block;\">\n\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"cs-yt-play\" aria-label=\"Play video: &quot;S\/V Dora&#039;s Dream&quot; - Admiral 40 Seller Interview and Catamaran For Sale By Owner\"\n\t        style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;border:0;background:transparent;cursor:pointer;\">\n\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;width:68px;height:48px;border-radius:12px;background:rgba(0,0,0,.72);\">\n\t\t\t<span style=\"border-style:solid;border-width:11px 0 11px 19px;border-color:transparent transparent transparent #fff;margin-left:4px;\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">S\/V Dora&#8217;s Dream Owner Background<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sean and his wife live in Cozumel <\/li><li>Traveled all over for about a year to 18 months looking for a boat<\/li><li>Bought in Bocas del Toro in northern Panama 14 months ago <\/li><li>Chose Admiral 40 because of sleek style that stands out from the predominant Caribbean charter catamarans<\/li><li>Plans to go and buy another Admiral in five or six years time<\/li><li>Selling now because of Covid and business responsibilities<\/li><li>Believes safety is the number one concern that everybody should be looking at especially when you are new to purchasing catamarans<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengths of the Admiral 40<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The interior brilliant for two people and three dogs<\/li><li>Liked the most the owner&#8217;s suite on the starboard side with large bathroom and king sized beds<\/li><li>Open concept layout so both sides are open and you can look down into either the owner&#8217;s suite or the other side the port side to guest rooms<\/li><li>Open concept brings in a lot of light while you&#8217;re in in the galley or and in the state rooms<\/li><li>Shallow draft is also a huge benefit over monohull sailing especially in Central America<\/li><li>Handled a very rough passage with three to four meter waves relatively comfortably<\/li><li>Sean came from monohull background and found after a while maneuverability is so much easier on catamaran<\/li><li>Did not feel like he compromised sailing performance going from monohull to catamaran with this Admiral design<\/li><li>Day sail in seven to eight knot winds Admiral 40 will sail five to six knots at beam reach<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things He Would Change About the Admiral 40<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Change the salon table because it is too big<\/li><li>Turn the guest bedroom forward on the port side into an office or even a sewing room <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Should Someone Buy S\/V Dora&#8217;s Dream?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you just want something different if you want something that actually sails if you want a catamaran in impeccable shape, this is a fantastic home that happens to be an excellent sailing vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We looked at 27 boats before and this is the one that we chose simply based on those characteristics.  It&#8217;s safe; it can sail; and it is truly is somebody&#8217;s home with an open concept and large kitchen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admiral 40 S\/V Dora\u2019s Dream for sale by owner: owner interview covers safety, open-concept layout, starboard owner\u2019s suite, shallow draft, 5\u20136 knots in 7\u20138 knots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[241,341],"brand":[37],"class_list":["post-9841","reference","type-reference","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-interviews","tag-reviews","brand-admiral-40"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference\/9841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reference"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9841"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference\/9841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337655,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference\/9841\/revisions\/337655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9841"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtsite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=9841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}