Hi all-
Just joined the forum. My wife and have decided that we would like to buy a boat. It would be our first boat, and we would use it for our family of 3. We would like to cruise, camp, fish, dive,relax, even entertain with a heavy emphasis on relax and entertain. We used a boat last year that was a 24' Bayliner and went to the San_Juan Islands. It was a lot of fun which gave us the bug, but it was just too small and too uncomfortable.
Our finances for sure put us in the "Very Used" category in regards to a boat purchase. We are not sure what all we would like in our first boat, but we are building a list of likes that we will eventually turn into "musts" and "wants."
So far its:
Diesel power
Bed for Us (and the dog)
Bed for kid.
Not too big, not to small
Covered fly bridge
Comfortable
This list will grow as we start looking at more boats as I am aware its very small.
Current boats on our Radar
BL 38XX Motor yacht
BL 32XX Motor yacht
BL 2858 (not diesel and would be our frugal choice)
In searching for boats I cant help but notice the trawlers. I don't know much about them ( why I am here) but they seem to be a lot of boat for the money. I know they will be a slower boat, and I believe economical to operate.
Most seem to have single engine which makes we wonder if they are a nightmare to operate in tight marinas ect?
And what of all the wood work? While beautiful how hard is the up keep?
Since I don't have any trawler name affiliations yet, for what i have said can any give me a recommendations on a particular boat that I should look for?
Just joined the forum. My wife and have decided that we would like to buy a boat. It would be our first boat, and we would use it for our family of 3. We would like to cruise, camp, fish, dive,relax, even entertain with a heavy emphasis on relax and entertain. We used a boat last year that was a 24' Bayliner and went to the San_Juan Islands. It was a lot of fun which gave us the bug, but it was just too small and too uncomfortable.
Our finances for sure put us in the "Very Used" category in regards to a boat purchase. We are not sure what all we would like in our first boat, but we are building a list of likes that we will eventually turn into "musts" and "wants."
So far its:
Diesel power
Bed for Us (and the dog)
Bed for kid.
Not too big, not to small
Covered fly bridge
Comfortable
This list will grow as we start looking at more boats as I am aware its very small.
Current boats on our Radar
BL 38XX Motor yacht
BL 32XX Motor yacht
BL 2858 (not diesel and would be our frugal choice)
In searching for boats I cant help but notice the trawlers. I don't know much about them ( why I am here) but they seem to be a lot of boat for the money. I know they will be a slower boat, and I believe economical to operate.
Most seem to have single engine which makes we wonder if they are a nightmare to operate in tight marinas ect?
And what of all the wood work? While beautiful how hard is the up keep?
Since I don't have any trawler name affiliations yet, for what i have said can any give me a recommendations on a particular boat that I should look for?