Recent content by PetePWES

Good points well made sir, thank you! Volvo's are VERY popular for boats over this way (probably north of 80% have them), but I do get what you're saying about parts and servicing. What percentage more would you say parts and servicing would be over, say a year with average bills? Big repair...

Oh dear :-( Just when I thought it was a race between two boats, along comes Todd with his Cat idea.... I never knew you could get suck a thing as a power cat, and while it not the fastest thing on water, you do seem to get a lot of space!! Not keen on the crawl in bunk idea of the prowler...

Thanks Todd, sailing never did it for me, so the idea of a Cat makes me fall asleep just thinking about...zzzzzzz We've been on a good range of boats at large boat shows here in the UK, but they are all new models, so VERY spacious compared with older ones, but at around the £1m mark, not...

Thanks again for the link Jim, I had already found that one a couple of weeks ago, but a thorough re-read has been really useful. Particularly one picture of a group of around 10 people sharing Thanksgiving dinner on board, with plenty of space for more! That really shows off how big the 560...

Todd, you just ruined my day! Now I need to go research those too Always open to ideas, so actually thank you! Pete

Just a quick note of thanks for the many pictures and words of wisdom in this thread! We are in the pre purchase stage and still considering different boats, and this thread has been amazing! Probably the one thing that has convinced me that this boat is for us, is the Thanksgiving meal onboard...

Thanks Tom, that's very interesting info and much appreciated!!

Thanks Carter, your advice is much appreciated!

Thanks Jim, I'll do some reading tomorrow (bed time here!). Much appreciated!

Hi Guys, apologies in advance as I'm going to swear here... We have narrowed our choice of boat for live aboard while cruising the Caribbean to the Sea Ray 560 Sedan Bridge or (and here comes the swearing) Carver 530 Voyager Pilothouse. Because we live in the UK and nobody over here is selling...