There's a 2001 4788 at Portifino Harbour Marina at Clear Lake Texas. Came in from Myrtle Beach. SC a couple of months ago. His previous boat was a 4087.
I can't believe OJ is still alive. WHERE? Do you know he was the SORC champion for years- and was known as 'The Mouth of the South' before Ted Turner? Boy he set me straight in the way's of the REAL world- REAL quick back in 1974. He would sit behind his tinted window overlooking the yard and yell out me on the PA speaker "Davis, I see you hiding over there you lazy MF, SOB, get back to work". It's solely because of him that I came into sales-to get out of the heat! After getting yelled at repeatedly in that brutal New Orleans sun, one day, after having to walk through the air conditioned office to get to the time clock one morning, I noticed these guys just sitting in there reading magazines. I asked him: "OJ, who are those guys?"..He said Yachtbrokers, and I said "THAT'S what I want to do", and just like that he said "come in on Saturday dressed like one and you can be one", and just like that he started treating me decently. And here I was fresh out of college a couple of years thinking people were all equal. HA. Lesson learned. I would like to contact OJ to thank him.
RE: Tollycrafts. Yes, indeed I know them, but they made so many models of so many different sizes over so many years it would be impossible to form a average opinion on them. Sorta like asking:"what do you think about brunettes?"..I have MANY thoughts on them! lol The Tolly's are all old now for sure, as are my brunettes- THIS I can emphatically state. I just looked on Yachtworld and there's several REAL nice bonafide Gold Platers on the market right now. As nice as they are- buyers will buy a 2010 boat of the same size for the same price if given the opportunity. New ain't bad when it comes to machines.
Some of the finest 'Gold Platers' I've seen in recent years have been Tolly's in the 57' -65' range. Just total gems. Real gentleman yachts kept in tip top condition. Vestiges of the days when millionaires weren't so common. Old Money I guess it would be called. Yachtsmen who wore blue blazers, and dipped the colors at sunset, etc.
I've also seen some really sweet little one's under 30' in Bellingham Wa.
The one's that I've been on built towards the end of Tollycraft years (thinking 97"ish"- I remember a dealership here having a big new one for sale. I still have a bunch of Tollycraft literature) I wasn't too impressed with. I know we were supposed to be impressed with her, but it just sorta fell flat. The head was way back on the lower deck, down too many stairs- is something I still remember.
Recently I had a mid 90's 45' Cockpit MY for sale, and it REALLY fell flat design wise (engine room just impossibly tight) and it had an awful white ash interior. Very hard to get on and off. Cockpit stairs too steep, had to get on your knees to use the microwave, etc. Gel coat was weak (want to see excellent gel-coat? Go look at Chris Crafts even from the 60's! Still like new even in Florida brutal sunlight), carpentry was not what one would expect from the name Tollycraft. It previously had blisters, it had lots of Lexan, which was crazing,which is what Lexan does no matter what it's on. I would had thought it was just a old Taiwan boat if I didn't know it was a Tollycraft.
AND it was pretty damn light too! The previous owner had spent a fortune on her (blister job, one new Caterpillar diesel, etc.,) and finally donated her to a charity. She went for under $100k.
