Narrowng it down...

My waist?  Um... no.

Another excursion today to narrow down the search for "the next boat."  Heading off our island, the water is looking absolutely beautiful...

Yeah, I am getting the itch for another boat - if those views of the water don't do it for you, nothing will.

Back to the likely candidate...

The more we talk about it, the more it leads us to... a pontoon.  I have to admit that I have some biases, based on personal experience: years ago, we shared a 2-boat slip with a guy with a pontoon boat - he hit our sailboat every time he came in.  We had to hang a fenderboard on that side of our sailboat to keep from getting scarred up.  We don't see a lot of pontoon boats down here, at least not on the Laguna Madre.  When we do see them, well... they don't seem to be moving with any specific direction.  May be the driver, not the boat?

They don't have one to demo.  We did narrow it down to one style and size we like, and climbed all around it... sat on each of the settees... looked at the construction and wiring... checked out how they sit on the trailer... tried the boarding ladder... the helm... the bimini set-up... the storage under the seats...

I just have to convince myself to pull the trigger.  Not an inexpensive "day tripping" boat; we considered smaller, but it didn't have the layout that makes as much sense as this one.  I walked around the boat doing what you do... when you get to the dock (putting out fenders, tying off)... where you stand to fuel the boat (this one has a rear platform that give you decent access to the motor and the fuel tank).

We talked about other options.  Decisions.