I spent much of yesterday learning about Grand Banks Eastbay express cruisers.

There are several configurations, all with different appendages to the model
name.
The one most likely to sell well in the Pacific Northwest with be the SX (sedan
express) model featuring a bulkhead between the cockpit and the salon.

The boat performed well on a trial run.

Due to a number of people expressing a profound unhappiness with my posting
opinions and observations about various boats in the NG, I'll not stir up the
hornets again with a full description of the boat and its handling
characteristics or amenities. Perhaps I can sneak under the radar with a tiny
observation, however.

There are obviously not a lot of screws exposed on finished surfaces on a boat
of this caliber. In certain locations, such as the teak instrument console
above the
front cabin windows, exposed screws are appropriate because the buyer of the
boat will be removing those panels to install clocks, barometers, electronics,
and other accessories.

Not only are the screws installed in an arrow straight line and absolutley
evenly spaced, when the screws are installed they are turned to a point where
the slots
are identically positioned. Phillips screws, for example, will have one slot
perfectly parallel and the other perpendicular to the edge of the panel.

Lining the screws up uniformly does not, in and of itself, make a boat better
or worse than another, but the fact that the builder has the capacity to even
contemplate that such a detail *could* be noticed is encouraging. :-)