Charles and Marjie Gentry went to the 2008 Miami International Boat Show looking for a powerboat, something around 34 feet with a traditional feel.
And just a few more things. It had to fit in their condo slip at Marco Island, Fla., as well as on a flatbed trailer for transport to Maryland for a passage to the Great Lakes.
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You can learn a lot spending time on a boat — how comfortable it is, how seaworthy, how it rides.
You also find out if it just “feels good.” Mike and Charlotte Hechler and their extended family spent most of last summer, as usual, cruising and day-tripping on their 36-foot Egg Harbor Sedan. But the Massapequa, N.Y., couple didn’t learn anything they didn’t already know.
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