"anon-e-moose" wrote in message
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You are wasting your time trying to sell the merits of that boat to JPS.
He couldn't afford one even if he mortgaged his house and sold his girls
into slavery.

Depending on what you are buying a boat for, you can have just as much
enjoyment in a less expensive, older and/or smaller boat. I did for
years. The old '82 Century I had was a POS, problems up the kazoo and it
handled like a brick. But I enjoyed it and I learned quite a bit about
boating on it, as I did on several more older boats I owned over the years.

Later when retirement was around the corner and my boating interests
changed I found myself in the market for a serious, safe, offshore boat that
could also be lived on for extended periods of time.
That's when I discovered the Navigator line, researched it's history and
builder's credentials and reputation and talked to experienced people who
were familiar with them, including highly qualified marine surveyors. I
became convinced after talking to a boat captain who makes his living
delivering larger boats up and down the east coast. I asked him of all the
boats he had delivered over the years in good weather, bad weather, rough
seas and calm, which one would he pick if he needed to pick only one to
make a trip from MA to Florida in. His answer (without hesitation) was
the Navigator and he then proceeded to tell me why.

Eisboch