>>>Would that have been obvious upon first glance at the boat? <<<
I guess some people are just a little slow. Our sailboat was a flush deck model, meaning the only windows/ports were in the hull. It always seemed like you were in a cave. So we looked for a long time for a pilot house or motor sailer with big windows. Finally gave up and thought that maybe a power boat with the big windows and walk around beds was the way to go. But living in Texas, big windows are really not the way to go, so you cover them with sun screens and you are back to loving in a cave, a warm one at that because the two A/C units can't really keep up with heat.
Plus sitting in chairs on the back deck or fly bridge is not the same as lounging in the cockpit of a sailboat. I've also not yet come to terms with the fuel consumption. We wouldn't think twice about heading out into Gulf and heading to Florida or Gulfport or Mobile Bay in a sailboat, but it's a totally different story when your only means of propulsion is diesel.
Anyway, it's not the first time we bought a boat and then decided it wasn't for us. The previous one lasted two months, bought it in Baltimore and had it sold by the time we got to Charleston.
We're just slow learners I guess.
Bob