(Hint: do not use dog for scale...use daughters head in saloon window instead!)
Did I?? My heavy boat isn't capable of exceeding hull speed, and the hull is definitely not designed for planing.
So you have effectively 'lived onboard' for a considerable period of time?We have gone over 5,800 miles on the Great Loop over the last year encountering a vast array of conditions.
I bought it because it had ..... a galley up, a walkaround queen, a fully enclosed shower, etc. I bought it because I thought it was the perfect boat to do the Great Loop. And importantly, I bought it because my wife liked it.
....and a few other pics of her bottom
http://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=59010&postcount=7
Now I have a question? Is this hull shape that much different than this American Tug shape??
So you have effectively 'lived onboard' for a considerable period of time?
Have to agree with all of those reasoning, BUT I do have one question about the galley arrangement? I believe I would prefer to have the galley in a U-shape, and slightly dissociated from the main saloon....would you??
That is one large hound. Looking at the boot stripe he's lowered the aft end of the boat considerably with his weight.
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AT 34 floor plan...
My wife loves the galley for its space and views out the large windows, and cooked the same kinds of healthy meals we are used to eating at home. [/QUOTE]
Larry - You have real nice 34'er
Ditto here, regarding... My Admiral, and most apparently yours too, feel good about up-galley and therefore cooks us great, healthy meals.
My gal feels she is trenched in the gallows (i.e. being a galley slave! lol) when down-galley is the layout. But, she feels great being with company and looking out big windows with galley-up! I understand completely!!
Art
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As far as the galley goes, sure I would like a U-shape with bar stool counter, and even a second state room, but you can't get either in this size boat. You have to go to the AT 41 for these features which is a much more expensive boat, and is 7 ft longer and 2 ft 7 in wider, has 1 ft 5 in more draft.
Also, if you compare the galleys in these two models the AT 34 comes out very well. It is a U-shape (but without bar stool counter), has the same twin stainless sinks, stove/oven and microwave and only a slightly smaller refrigerator. Yet the AT 34 has more open counter length and more storage. Note that in the AT 34 floor plan below, the area starboard of the refrigerator, also colored white, is also chest high kitchen storage.
My wife loves the galley for its space and views out the large windows, and cooked the same kinds of healthy meals we are used to eating at home.
I assume this AT 395 is the 41 footer you are referring to?. and I thought the newer 34 footer was referred to as the AT 365?? So is she really 7' feet longer or about 5' longer?
In either case I really am having trouble understanding how this little bit of difference in hull length can have such a BIG effect of the pricing?? Both of these vessels require a very similar equipment fit-out in the theme of things. and an old axiom is that the hull structure of a vessel probably accounts for no more than 20% of the cost of building a vessel.
Here is the layout of that 395 model,...not that much different than the 365?. I think they even have the same beam?
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