Posted by Ray Frechette
on 4/7/2009, 9:38:21, in reply to "Re: Your Ideal Boat"
If you like the Princess 22, take a gander at the interior layout of the Bellhaven.
The Bellhaven in my estimation has a much nicer interior layout than the P-22 and it will fit right in.
Truth be told the interiors of both boats are almost exactly the same size.
The P-22 has a much bigger cockpit.
And it would be possible to opt for a smaller cockpit to modify the cabin of the P22 to make it bigger.
I know this line of boat well as my wife and I have been looking them all over in detail to decide on what our ideal boat is going to be. Even looked briefly at what going with a Princess 24 might offer us.( Not completly fleshed out or offered to the public as yet, just a rough draft of interior space )
Basically the p-26 is our ideal except it requires roughly a 5000 lb towing capacity tow vehicle. Boat itself weighs in at 2700 lbs, but once you add a roughly 1000 lb trailer, and allow for 1000 lbs for water, fuel provisions, gear and such... Well, your knocking on the door of 5000 lbs.
Present tow vehicle only hauls 3500 lbs...
And the fuel consumption of a vehicle that hauls 5000 lbs is more than I would care for.
What is starting to tip the scales in balance to the 26 though is finding out that U haul rents pickup trucks by the day with a tow hitch...
Decisions decisions. There is no perfect boat, just a set of compromises that makes the best sense for current circumstances....
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