Just Boat Talk
So today I found myself talking about boats with a friend at work and his plans to build a boat for the ICW and possible run to islands off Florida. He has been on our boat and both he and his wife love beam to length ratio on (one of largest available) and our open salon layout. He recently took a trip on a cat and enjoyed its beamy accommodations. He was asking all the right questions and getting close to building "his" boat. Before long we were talking about "what I would do different on our boat (not much)" and how he should outfit his boat. By the time we were done I think I may have just helped Scott with another order��. Time will tell. The most compelling argument my friend has was "this is the best value of any new boat I have seen" (sound familiar)?
The real take away from our discussion for me was "wait" what am i doing? I built likely the best boat I could ask for and I'm thinking about something else? Why couldn't we make this boat work for its new mission? If not for the fun of building something new (and driving Scott crazy - again) we likely could make Maria Elena work fine. Time will tell but for now I feel even better about our options - all new design or should I say it, another H38E or ?
Fun stuff that keeps me up at night...
So today I found myself talking about boats with a friend at work and his plans to build a boat for the ICW and possible run to islands off Florida. He has been on our boat and both he and his wife love beam to length ratio on (one of largest available) and our open salon layout. He recently took a trip on a cat and enjoyed its beamy accommodations. He was asking all the right questions and getting close to building "his" boat. Before long we were talking about "what I would do different on our boat (not much)" and how he should outfit his boat. By the time we were done I think I may have just helped Scott with another order��. Time will tell. The most compelling argument my friend has was "this is the best value of any new boat I have seen" (sound familiar)?
The real take away from our discussion for me was "wait" what am i doing? I built likely the best boat I could ask for and I'm thinking about something else? Why couldn't we make this boat work for its new mission? If not for the fun of building something new (and driving Scott crazy - again) we likely could make Maria Elena work fine. Time will tell but for now I feel even better about our options - all new design or should I say it, another H38E or ?
Fun stuff that keeps me up at night...