very strange looking 32

rbcool · Post by **rbcool** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:33 pm

prowlersfish wrote:I like the boat myself ,

Agreed!!

(and the Margarita mixer slightly makes up for the lack of a genny

)

Ron

captainmaniac · Post by **captainmaniac** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:19 pm

Looks like they started with a F32 Express hardtop or soft top, yanked the windows and built an enclosure instead, and moved the controls up on top of what would have been the dash area. You can tell the interior is original / standard F32 Express issue, plus the portholes configuration on the starboard side are consistent with an Express as well.

Nancy · Post by **Nancy** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:26 pm

This is a sister ship to one owned by friends of ours, except for the missing flybridge of course. I wonder if the bridge was taken down because there were problems with it. It's now more of a sport bridge setup. I'd feel a little cooped up in the cockpit with all that solid fiberglass. I think I'd like it better if it had some windows in the sides.

It looks like the helm console and windscreen were taken off a Trojan flybridge.

Nancy

chauzer · Post by **chauzer** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:15 pm

is that a bow thruster i see running in the front? why the hell would you need a bow thruster on a 32 footer?

captainmaniac · Post by **captainmaniac** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:15 am

chauzer wrote:is that a bow thruster i see running in the front? why the hell would you need a bow thruster on a 32 footer?

Same reason you 'need' joystick controls on so many of the new boats today... so you can maneuver without ever actually having to learn how to handle your boat... Yet another contributor to making boating a little more dangerous in my mind - I don't like contraptions that contribute to people never having to learn what they are doing.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:45 am

captainmaniac wrote:
chauzer wrote:is that a bow thruster i see running in the front? why the hell would you need a bow thruster on a 32 footer?
Same reason you 'need' joystick controls on so many of the new boats today... so you can maneuver without ever actually having to learn how to handle your boat... Yet another contributor to making boating a little more dangerous in my mind - I don't like contraptions that contribute to people never having to learn what they are doing.

Take half the fun out .

chauzer · Post by **chauzer** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:12 pm

that's cheating in my book! i used to drive a 68 foot, single screw commercial fishing boat and that didn't have a bow thruster (it needed one) . taught me allot about docking a boat.
i can almost hear that old murphey diesel running now...