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Old 02-14-2016, 08:07 AM   #41
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For cruising and fishing! With our two kids and still room to host another family, as well as fish all the way around the boat - perfect.
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Old 02-14-2016, 08:13 AM   #42
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Old 02-14-2016, 08:13 AM   #43
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Old 02-14-2016, 08:56 AM   #44
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Old 02-14-2016, 08:57 AM   #45
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Old 02-14-2016, 09:02 AM   #46
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"Uh-oh"

first look and I knew this one would push me past 20 years of 'waiting'
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Old 02-14-2016, 09:07 AM   #47
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Size.

Ah, that was a good day. Beautiful sunny fall day in New England, October. After our good old Carver 32, the Mainship felt huge. Big, clean, smelled nice, all stairs and no ladders, a mile of headroom, and lots of power like the Queen Mary. That feeling of being master of the universe when I gently ease that giant fiberglass tennis shoe out of the slip. Yes, that was a good day.
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Old 02-14-2016, 09:09 AM   #48
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Old 02-14-2016, 09:15 AM   #49
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Limitless.

As in limitless possibilities. Everything from a comfortable home to a circumnavigator.
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Old 02-14-2016, 09:22 AM   #50
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Old 02-14-2016, 09:31 AM   #51
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In one word, what made you choose your boat.......

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The boat needs to meet all your other criteria, but the single most important thing is that it needs to make you smile when you look at it. Every time I leave the boat, I stop and look back and think "YES!" If you're considering a boat and it doesn't make you want to turn around for one last look, keep walking.

Ted

Yes! That's it Ted! I was going to say "Everything" but "Yes" would be the first word. Every other boat was "this could work", or "this will do."

So it would be:

"Yes! She's "Everything" we wanted but more than we needed."

After that it would be what everyone else has said above and below.

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Old 02-14-2016, 09:37 AM   #52
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Old 02-14-2016, 10:13 AM   #53
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Old 02-14-2016, 10:21 AM   #54
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Old 02-14-2016, 10:50 AM   #55
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Agree with most of the others but I have to say mine is the "Admiral"

Liked one of the MS 34HT's we looked at except for condition - she said "go find a nicer one..."
Done and we both are lovin' it.
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Old 02-14-2016, 11:19 AM   #56
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Women buy boats that are comfortable.
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Old 02-14-2016, 11:27 AM   #58
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Thanks, I'm loving this, please keep going....
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Old 02-14-2016, 11:43 AM   #59
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Men buy boats that make them feel manly.

Women buy boats that are comfortable.
A variation on that theme is "trawler tugs" which walk a tightrope line where men find them hairy chested and women find them cute
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Old 02-14-2016, 11:44 AM   #60
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Fun, adventure, comfort, quality, and the Admiral LOVED it! So far, so good in the Sea of Cortez. It was a big change from our sailboat, but a good one!

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