Olderboater: I simply meant that I would take a professional 100 or so miles north from BVI to experience the water conditions and part of the...
Hey Pascal. just a quick correction so nobody misunderstands. I simply said "to check the waters towards the Turks" I never meant to imply that I...
Having been on all the Great Lakes, in good weather as well as light storm weather -5 to 6 feet with 3 or 4 sec freq ---(never severe - each lake...
Thx for your efforts. I look at Canada & the USA as simply North America (yeah I know there are other parts) so I would like if I had a choice to...
To all the members I appreciate your replies. However somehow my search for a seaworthy boat has morphed, for some, into to how I should use it....
Meant to write 30000 Islands. Hey what the heck, my typo was only missing 27000 islands.
Thx Capt Dufy. Yes the 1000 Islands are part of the SL Seaway. My brother has a place on one of the islands. It was the 3000 Islands up in...
Oldboater I have been looking at this as a two to three year adventure. At the end I would sell the boat. However we have also considered that if...
Captain Dufy Never considered it. Not a brand that we see much in my area of the Great Lakes. However after a quick look on the web I will spend...
Hey Capt J, as I said to oldboater I would really like to stay under 55 ft. You are obviously passionate about yachting. I love boating as well...
Would really like to stay under 55 ft
Koffee, sounds like you are enjoying life. Hopefully in a years' time I can write down some 'pearls of wisdom' as well. I am sure you are right...
Hey guys , a fellow boater at my marina (Georgian Bay, Ontario) saw my posts on the Forum here and asked the dock-master for my cell. I had never...
Hey OLDERBOATER , I have appreciated all your comments. Take care
After several bottles of wine my wife and I came to the concussion that we are going to charter a few different boats before we spend on a...
To all the seasoned boaters that have added their experience and the time to help out a 'new BLUE WATER' rookie thx. If I need to go up to the 60+...
All nice boats but not what we want (wife) if you know what I mean. Thx
The Hat is an incredible boat. Well built. It's just 88K lbs vs 34K lbs of the Prestige. I take that is one of the many reasons why everybody has...
I had been hoping for an 'eureka moment' that a boat that I had never thought of would pop up. Everybody's comments are solid replies to a very...
Thanks fellas. All the comments are welcomed. My experience is 25 years on the Great Lakes. Last 5 with a Cruiser 520 Sports Coupe. Only two weeks...
.jpg&contenttype=jpeg "Click for Abeking")