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Old 06-19-2020, 06:09 PM   #20
caltexflanc
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I'm with you 100% on the accessibility thing. We used to charter a beautiful GB 49 Classic up through the San Juans and Gulf Islands, and another beauty, a GB 49MY in SW Florida, and one of many things I loved about them was the standup engine room and sensible positioning and layout of systems.

The old definition of cruising holds true "Fixing your boat in exotic places".

When it came time for us to buy a boat to live onboard and cruise full time for several years (well, about 6, but that was up from the "plan" to do it for two) those values and many others made the must have list. The old Hatteras 53' + Motoryachts (and the new/newer ones too, actually) had great walk-in (two doors each) engine rooms one for each engine on each side of the companionway to the aft stateroom and extremely well thought out system design and layout. We ended up with a 56 and loved it, maybe loved it too much.
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