Hey all,
This is my first post to TF and I am excited to start picking the brains of the many qualified boaters whose post I have been reading.
For a little background, my wife and I are seriously considering the live-aboard lifestyle and are wanting our 16mos old daughter to grow up with all the opportunities and challenges that come with living aboard a ship. I have grown up around boats, and both my wife and I are Pacific North Westerners to our core. We currently live in Portland, OR but hail from the Tacoma and Gig Harbor, WA area of the Puget Sound.
In all of my searching for a boat that will be a lifelong legacy I have come across a 1964 Grenfell 48' Pilothouse. I am very impressed by the visual condition of the boat and I believe it possesses all of the amenities we would need to be comfortable, the mechanical for me and the aesthetic for my wife. The only unfortunate part is that I cannot seem to find any auxiliary information about the boat and/or Grenfell boats in general.
Here is the link to the boat:
Gig Harbor Yacht Sales (Gig Harbor, WA)
Can anyone enlighten me to the history of Grenfell and the quality of their builds? It will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Zac, Jenn, and Amiah
(p.s. No one better see this boat listing and try to buy it out from underneath me if I am ignorant to this being an amazing deal!! )
This is my first post to TF and I am excited to start picking the brains of the many qualified boaters whose post I have been reading.
For a little background, my wife and I are seriously considering the live-aboard lifestyle and are wanting our 16mos old daughter to grow up with all the opportunities and challenges that come with living aboard a ship. I have grown up around boats, and both my wife and I are Pacific North Westerners to our core. We currently live in Portland, OR but hail from the Tacoma and Gig Harbor, WA area of the Puget Sound.
In all of my searching for a boat that will be a lifelong legacy I have come across a 1964 Grenfell 48' Pilothouse. I am very impressed by the visual condition of the boat and I believe it possesses all of the amenities we would need to be comfortable, the mechanical for me and the aesthetic for my wife. The only unfortunate part is that I cannot seem to find any auxiliary information about the boat and/or Grenfell boats in general.
Here is the link to the boat:
Gig Harbor Yacht Sales (Gig Harbor, WA)
Can anyone enlighten me to the history of Grenfell and the quality of their builds? It will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Zac, Jenn, and Amiah
(p.s. No one better see this boat listing and try to buy it out from underneath me if I am ignorant to this being an amazing deal!! )