Bryant
Guru
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2016
- Messages
- 629
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Sakura Perdido
- Vessel Make
- Grand Banks 36 Classic
Couples who cruise
Just to clear something up, are you talking about a boat with only a pilot house, as in many tugs, or are you talking about a boat with a steering station in the saloon and a flybridge? For my taste, I would not own a trawler or tug style boat over 27 ft that didn’t have two helm stations, for lots of reasons; protection from weather, visibility in marinas or anchorages, communication while anchoring or docking and so on. If you have two helm stations, you will both naturally gravitate to the one that works best. At anchor, in the morning, my wife loves the flybridge and I generally have coffee and read in the saloon. Evening cocktails find us both on the flybridge and throughout the day will find us all over the boat or off it together or separately. If you are asking for advice, buy a boat with an upper and lower helm station. You will figure it out. Sorry if I’m being dense and this isn’t your question. Good luck.
Hi
Were still studying for what boat and another question came up. My wife has concerns that if we get a pilot house then one person will be at the helm and the other in the salon making for a lonely experience. We are active motorhomers and when traveling we are both up front until we reach our destination.
For husband and wife teams where do you hang out when traveling. Does she have a point with the pilot house design? My thought would be that we would both either be in the pilot house or flybridge
Just to clear something up, are you talking about a boat with only a pilot house, as in many tugs, or are you talking about a boat with a steering station in the saloon and a flybridge? For my taste, I would not own a trawler or tug style boat over 27 ft that didn’t have two helm stations, for lots of reasons; protection from weather, visibility in marinas or anchorages, communication while anchoring or docking and so on. If you have two helm stations, you will both naturally gravitate to the one that works best. At anchor, in the morning, my wife loves the flybridge and I generally have coffee and read in the saloon. Evening cocktails find us both on the flybridge and throughout the day will find us all over the boat or off it together or separately. If you are asking for advice, buy a boat with an upper and lower helm station. You will figure it out. Sorry if I’m being dense and this isn’t your question. Good luck.