Boat day

BB and I went into Quincy to meat with Michael Brockman of Eastern Yachts to look at a Mainship 43 a 43' sedan style trawler. The one we saw was seriously overpriced but both BB and I liked the boat. It had a very nice saloon, good master cabin, very large single head, and adequate guest stateroom with seperate washer and dryer, galley down, outstanding Q series Cummings engines, and a very workable engine room. The inside helm was good and the flybridge and upper helm outstanding. All in all the sort of boat we've been looking for.

While we were in the area we also went to look at a new Jefferson 52. The boat is clearly layed out for looping with folding radar arch and shalow draft. BB liked it a lot. While the boat was nice enough I was less enthuastic as the design details were somewhat wanting.

After talking about things I'm more and more inclined to the Bayliner 4788. It has a very attractive feel with plenty of space. The only real negative is the master berth. It would be nice to have a walk around but there are so many other positives that it's a reasonable compromise. There are some larger versions of the basic boat including some 50s with two real cabins and walk around master.

After looking at boats we had a nice lunch out and then went home to take Cindy to the vet. She is passing some blood in her urine.

I got a couple of emails from Michael about other boats including a Mainship 43 aft cabin. I'm still interested in that boat but BB seems set on the Bayliner 4788.