of course, a Bristol 48 or a Bristol 51.5. It is all the same to a fiction
writer. Just like Subastian Younger's spark plugs in "The Perfect Storm".

Bristol has built (and continues to build) a variety of custom boats, many of
the large, so they may well have built a 50. However, they are now building
a
48, which is close enough for me:
http://www.bristolmarine.com/bristol48.htm



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
I was helping a friend move his 50' center cockpit sloop from Rhode
Island to Bermuda one fall a few years ago.

What kind?


It was a Bristol.


googling "Bristol 50" returns no results even remotely related to a 50 foot
center cockpit sailboat.