You want to go ocean sailing? First, LEARN TO SAIL. No one ever thinks about buying a plane and simply taking off. No, most people learn to fly first. And then getting plenty of experience, a couple of years' worth, before taking their family up. Yet many want to purchase a sailboat and shove right off. Learn to sail first.

A very good choice for a couple is a Contessa 32. For many reasons, but an important one: she is small! Just right for a couple.

For some insight from someone who actually has tens of thousands of bluewater under his belt go to atomvoyager.com. You can get a good boat and equip her well for $50-75,000 (2023), less if you are a bargain hunter. You don't need an engine, electronics, radio communication. You do need a sound, seaworthy vessel with excellent sails, heavy, robust ground tackle, and properly equiped. Read every thing you can, especially Eric Hiscock, Hal Roth, the Pardeys, Peter Tangvald and others from the Classic Era of sail, 1920-1970, before radio communication destroyed the sense of self reliance that once was the hallmark of deep water sailors.