Boston Boating Blog

Now, no one every said I was a rational dude. Today I called East Coast Flightcraft to schedule my 20 hour service (with 30 hours on the engines). I decided to speak to Danny, the owner, because he is a great dude and wanted to say “hi” and that I really appreciate all his help and that we really love the boat.

Danny asks how many hours I have on the boat and I tell him “30″ and he starts laughing, he knows we love it. Then he drops the bomb.

See, we bought the 282 – bow rider – as a day cruiser so Donna could get used to being out on the boat. Having the bow rider meant we may be able to bring more people. Well, so far, no one, has ridden in the bow while we have been underway (could be because it is still a bit chilly here in the north east).

Additionally, Donna and I have been talking that, if we had a cuddy cabin, we would sleep on it on the weekends and could even take it to the Vinyard now.

Also, during East Coast Flightcraft’s demo days I drove the 323. This boat had been purchased by a guy who buys a the new latest and greatest Cobalt each year and sells it at the end of the year. At the time I thought that perhaps Donna and I had bought the wrong boat. So, I mentioned to Danny that when this boat is traded back in, to please let me know and Donna and I would take a look at it.

So most of you now know where this is going. As I am speaking to Danny, he tells me that the guy had the boat in the water for a week and decieded to go bigger to the Cobalt 343 right away. This meant that this boat is now available. WOW. Also, Donna and I were chatting this weekend and thought we would definately upgrade next year. Now we have a delima.

We really love the ocean and being out on the water, so much so we want a cuddy.
The bigger boat would be even better for how we use the boat.
East Coast is giving me a great deal not only on the 323 but on traiding in my boat.

Last night Donna and I went down and sat on the boat and thought about the differences and what we would get with the other boat. It would be like a floating condo and we have always wanted property on the water. Now we would be in it. Also, you have probably seen in some of the blog entries that we have been looking a property to move to. The main reason is we have no outdoor space. With the boat, we have it, so it is possible that we don’t need to look for a new place, but who knows.

So, stay tuned – this should be an intesting saga. (Now I am really loosing sleep at night.)