We continue our search for a bigger boat. Looked at a 38.4 Morgan in Lasalle Michigan yesterday. Very nice but it failed the important question. "Could you handle living in this cabin for two years?" NO! The beds were small and uncomfortable. Great boat for a week away but at the end of the week you would be looking forward to your bed at home. We were going to look at a 37 Tartan but it has tighter quarters than the Morgan. I don't want any more boat than necessary but the layout has to work. Designers always short-sheet the beds in favor of features like 'Spacious Saloon' or 'five heads!' Our search continues. We met a couple on a Corbin 39 last week. Nice ride, I will have to keep an eye out for one to look at. We are going to check out a Brewer 44 in Tampa this fall. A little on the huge side but the more I see, the better informed I am. I make my intentions clear to people selling their vessels. I just need to see it for an hour and nothing more. If the layout doesn't work for us, we are on our way. Still- they get very upset with you. I have sold four boats and I know what a PITA it is. I figure that I will be up front about my interest and requirements and ask them for an hour at their convenience. Never ask for a ride out or anything else. That's as fair as I can be.
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