Going Forward!!

April 2015- Dean- I look at a few more sailboats and motor sailors for our Great Adventure.  I took a trip with my Broker, Scott, to New Bedford, Ma area and on to Rhode Island and New York. We looked at a Mariner 38 Ketch in New Bedford. Morgan Out Islander 33 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and Mariner 38 (see below) in Stoney Point, NY.
The Mariners had  a pilot house with a steering station both inside and out.
  I really liked the appearance of the Mariner 38 Sloop in Stoney Point, thought it would both motor and sail well and thought it had a nice interior overall. So I arranged to take Suzan to see it. Suzan and  I felt a boat of this size might be too much for me to handle if out by myself, and both required more work than we were prepared to do. 
 The Morgan Out Islander, touted as a Motor Sailor, was really a sail assisted motor boat with minimal sailing ability per former owners and sailing forums, and it also needed among other things some deck replacement.
We  are also now considering the Trawlers for live aboard as they are wider, far more roomy than sailboats.  A trawler is a motor boat, therefore using more of your trip finances for fuel. Our goal is to enjoy the Loop, it's scenery and stops along the way, not support the oil industry. Now we are getting into May and need to make some decisions as we will no longer be able to spend time looking as our Busy season begins as Innkeepers at our Bed and Breakfast, The Sally Webster Inn.
Stay tuned for May 2015 and---our decisions!!