2 nice Classic Burgers

Yes, this is a Burger. I can't read the name so I cannot tell you which one. At some point this one was extended.

Di Day was originally built as QUANTA https://www.burgerboat.com/our-fleet/yachts/Quanta/ and launched in 1983. She was originally 80' LOA. At some point she was extended to 90' LOA.

For the brave romantic Burger enthusiast (l include myself) a 1972 90’ aluminium hulled vessel that was in the process of a renovation and l think a repaint when work stopped and it’s now available for $23000! The hull is supposedly quite good and l just wish l had a spare lifetime to devote to it.Does anyone know the boat currently named “Blue Pearl “

Oh... my... God...

Everything hurts after looking at the photos. My hands, my back, my checkbook. Hurts.

How do these beauties handle in a seaway? I followed a big Burger through Beaufort, NC inlet one day. It nearly broached, to the point it frightened me. Kinda shocking for a 70 ft. boat.

There was a big incoming swell against an outgoing tide, but nothing unusual for the sportfish boats that traverse that inlet regularly. No problem for my 26 ft. center console.

Name a builder of any vessel this size that is designed to run at displacement and put that boat into the same situation with the same operator. The same outcome.

You cant compare performance of a light Sportfish designed to run 30 knots with a long motor yacht set to do 11 knots. You cant power your way through a bad situation. But a rookie can do that in a 64 Viking.

Burger builds a terrific vessel and have for many decades. You didn’t witness a flaw of the builder or designer.

But back to your question, name a sea style, and I’ve been in it with my Burger as well as my father’s Burger before that. Very fine vessels. Like any you must learn them and adjust to how they handle. At that point you can pretty much anticipate anything and be comfortable.

So they are great sea boats, as long as you're an expert operator with local knowledge of inlet conditions and routes. And they don't have enough power to surf into a moderately rough inlet.

This is the definition of a coastal cruiser in my book.

ok, so if your mind was in a predetermined state, why raise a question?

Nordhavn. Universally known as a terrific voyager. Can a Nordhavn power uphill on a 12 knot swell in a conflicted inlet? Because you can do that in a Rybovich.

I run my vessel offshore in thousand mile stretches on a routine basis. You learn your boat’s behavior, and you adjust how you operate to meet a condition.

Every vessel has a behavior pattern at sea. Many are unique from one hull style to the next. You learn that behavior and master it. Hull design is per the naval architect chosen by the owner for a build. The boat you saw struggling with a conflicted inlet may well have performed more artfully with a different operator. The builder’s task was to build it well, not to operate it. Burger doesn’t build production yachts. They build them to the very highest standard.

This would have been a tempting opportunity to take a poorly considered addition and turn it into a tremendous asset. The hard work visually appears to have been properly. Everything above the cap appears to have fallen off an Air Force transport, however. Stretch the salon. Stretch the original roof line. Create a garage in the forward portion of that cockpit. Enjoy a smaller cockpit along with a much larger living area within a vessel that stuck to its original design standards.

Glad my hands were full at the time...