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* * * I couldn't agree more Eric. The windows are totally out of proporsion with the house. I think the house is a little large for the hull as well. IMHO

*Is there an advantage or disadvantage to having a right hand prop or left? SD Good question. I don't think there is, accept maybe as it relates to your actual dock arrangement in your home slip. In my case, I have a right hand rotation in forward, which is great when it comes to going forward...

* * * ** Ditto *We are bow in as well. Part of the reason is that there are triangular fillers where our finger pier meets the main float, which forces the boat three feet further into the fairway if backed in. Another factor is that we are single screw, and not having precise steerage when...

I feel absolutely naked with my five.*

If you are talking about one of those little boat anchor windlasses like the one Marin posted as shown here, you have a wildcat on one side and an item whose name is not politically correct on the other side. -- Edited by RickB on Friday 13th of January 2012 01:28:58 PM Both are correct.*

Occasionallly, but only with plenty of mustard and onion.

*They look like crepe myrtles to me. The trees in question are Arbutus, also going by the name Madrone or Madrona. They grow only very close to the salt water coastline in the NW. I have tried transplanting them, but with no success. They insist on crappy, rocky soil and salt air.* -- Edited...

Not necessarily a negative thing.* Adding a flying bridge or standing up there will reduce the rate of roll, make the boat ride better, and make it less likely that someone will be "thrown off" the deck or the bridge. There is a lot more to stability than the KG. *Right you are Rick!

Nice little boat in Bellingham. **Sorry Mark, but I had to do it.*

These three photos are for Elwin.

I have to say that having the additional interior room would be preferential, given the little bit of time I spend on deck.

I don't know if this fits your budget, but if it fit mine... * She's a 2002 Sunnfjord 49' Pilothouse. $389,000. Check her out in detail at discoveryyachts.net

Fossil Bay, Sucia Island, 8/'11

Not taken on the boat, but fire in the sky it is. It was the beginning of a thunderstorm in Memphis last spring OK, I am a little color challenged. -- Edited by Carey on Friday 6th of January 2012 06:09:19 PM

*Note that there is no intention to cross an ocean. Coastal cruising with an effort toward watching the weather might save the need for bombproof windows. -- Edited by Carey on Thursday 5th of January 2012 11:30:51 PM

One boat that first jumps to my mind, and would likely fit the bill for a cruising couple, and likely one of the most affordable, would be a 40' Willard.*

Three at once seems unlikely. I would suspect something else.

Eric's photo also demonstrates the value of the color yellow.*

*This is probably the same product I read about a year or two ago. Went for around $75,000. Not worth it to me, no matter how well it might work, but...

It's a custom davit I designed and had built. It's totally manual, and supporting a relatively heavy ten foot dink with a fifteen horse honda. Total wieght is about 450lbs with fuel.* *

*Fred This boy has no interest in boating below 48N, so all is well. Chances are the hull will remain white anyway.

*Thanks Walt! I'm glad to see you are still here. As you may recall, Marin gets credit for the photo. He has a good eye.* *I'm not certain that I would qualify that comment to just *apply to lobster boats. *That's a one in a million shot. *Don Marin won't admit it, but he did have two...

*Thanks Walt! I'm glad to see you are still here. As you may recall, Marin gets credit for the photo. He has a good eye.* *I'm not certain that I would qualify that comment to just *apply to lobster boats. *That's a one in a million shot. *Don Marin won't admit it, but he did have two...

*Thanks Walt! I'm glad to see you are still here. As you may recall, Marin gets credit for the photo. He has a good eye.*

Go get em Walt!!!