I'm starting to get my head around it, I think.
The cockpit is a must, and the "aging" argument is dead on. I have visions of my dear bride and I crawling up the ladder on a straight up stern in a dark, choppy anchorage after reposing at the local fine dining facility...... Sort of like the harbor pilots crawling up the side of a super tanker. Not so much. That, and the cockpit would be a fine place for a storage box, maybe a sunfish you know.....stuff.
We also want the back deck. Screening in the porch and spending pleasant evenings there with room for 4 or 6 would be fantastic. The larger salons are nice, but not worth it at the cost of the outside living.
So, right now it looks like the 58YF is perfect. The only thing I don't like about it, or most of the other 1510's is the down galley. I suspect that I will increase the utility of the back deck unit with a burner. Prep the simple meals downstairs, chill and heat upstairs. Dedicated china and silver upstairs. Even considering a small breakfast bar. But, I'm getting ahead of myself.
Just got last kid mostly off the payroll, house needs new roof blah blah blah......you get the idea. Little over 6 more years of work before I retire, although I'll be slowing down before hand, and hopefully be spending a winter month or two on the boat in warmer climes. It's a work in progress, We'll get there.
