What we found.....At the Boat Show!

 

 

 Deciding it had been too long away from the coastal boating scene and having an extra day in Southern California we headed to the boat show. We drove up to Newport Beach to attend the last few hours of last weekends boat show.

 

 

 

 

 

 With only 3 hours left on Sunday once we arrived and noting that most of the boats in the water were power we felt like we had sufficient time to see the few sailboats available. We stopped first at the Island Packet 460 to see what it was all about.

 

The Island Packet 460

Chris checking out the Mast





Amanda checking out the helm.



 

Looking over the boat we found some features we liked but overall it just wasn't for us.










Next we decided to check out a motor sailor as we had not considered anything like that before.

From the Brochure: "Cresendo is one of the latest versions of the Celestial Pilot House world class cruiser. This boat and other models have been well proven over the years, and offer a modern under body that makes it an exceptional offshore yacht. This design offers both speed, stability, great living space with eye level view dining area, and sea kindly performance."

This boat was large and comfortable, however with the windage present were not really sure how well she would sail. Certainly we would not want to have to continue filling her 264 gallon diesel tanks to power that 100hp Yanmar. So off we went to see what else was there.

Finally stopping to see a beautiful 1969 Hinckley 40' Yawl. This was in amazing condition and was well varnished with extensive woodwork. Not really a cruising boat, but it was great to look at.

 1969 Fiberglass yawl. Renowned classic Bill Tripp design. Timeless lines, wide side decks, solid construction. Cruising sails, roller furling, radar, Yanmar diesel, Max prop.

 So although there was no boat purchase we could consider at the show, it was great to see all the people checking out the boats. This show definitely had more attendance then the long beach show we went to last year.

 

 We will continue our search for our boat as time goes on and keep updating this page as to our progress. Each time we view more boats we certainly come away with more knowledge of what we are looking for in our cruising home.