We have been busy and have not had much time to check out boats the couple of weeks. We decided to visit the Catawba Island Boat Show. It seems that COVID restrictions have just been loosened and 98% of folks decided to make this a mask free event. It felt a bit weird with folks walking around like we used to. I embraced it but Amy was a bit uncomfortable with the idea that enough had changed to all the sudden be mask free in a large group of people. Either way it was a fantastic day out and we were both excited to get to see a lot of different boats in one place. We got on a number of what I'll call large speed boats. Even though they were 40-60ft they seemed built to party on vs a family to live on. They were missing things like ovens, food storage, large refrigerators, and sensible anchors. We did get to experience a gyro stabilization system. It was really impressive how level the boat stayed with all kinds of folks jumping on and off it. But I suppose it should be for a 60k option. We also checked out a couple of 40-50ft Teras and a MJM. Both were nice but geared more to a couple going out for a couple weeks. I really liked the MJM but they did not have any that meet our 3 stateroom requirement or my budget.
After the boat show we went out for lunch and decided to rule out the speed boat category focusing on trawlers, Carvers/Silverton's/or the like, and look for a semi displacement to go out on. We were also much more interested in boats with stabilization. I'm not sure what's next but I saw a Nordic Tug pop up on Yacht World I would like to see while waiting for our bill.
Hey I finally found a good use for that mask we have had to wear for the last year :)
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