How do you describe your Cutwater?

[HawaiianFish]

We use our boat rather frequently from May to October, and when questioned about our weekends, we usually answer, spent it on the boat. Then the next question arises, “Where do you keep your boat?”, then the inevitable “What kind of boat is it?”.

My standard response to “What kind of boat is it?”, has become, “It is an Express Cruiser with a Fly Bridge”. “Basically a 35 foot motor boat with an enclosed cabin that has a full shower, head, and galley, that can sleep 6 adults overnight.”

Taking a poll to see how you guys describe your Cutwater? What term do you you to describe the style of your boat?

 

[Submariner]

I simply say "I have a 27' boat that's like a motorhome on the water. Sleeps 4 comfortably. Full galley, bathroom, heater, TV, microwave."

 

[Martin610]

I get that question on my Cutwater 28 from time to time. I think context is important.

IMO the boat is designed as a "downeaster". In the North East boaters usually know what that means.

For landlubbers I call it a "cabin cruiser". That seems to work for them.

As a single screw diesel I don't think express cruiser is accurate. To me that describes something like a Sea Ray or Formula PC (performance cruiser).

-martin610

 

[Rocky Lou]

We named it Sea Suite since it's my actual beach house (we rent the other one) and it's a well equipped boat to work from...I used to mark my calendar WFB (working from boat). Since I left my company, I have fewer conference calls and more reading and repairing time. When out of the marina, it's a fish/cruiser, in that order. I've recently taken it for 100 mile + runs (cruises at 30 knots) for Bluefin Tuna as well as some local rock cod trips. Cutwaters are not nearly as seaworthy as other boats I owned primarily for fishing, but, as we older guys like to says, 'I don't need to get my a** handed to me anymore'. We cruise mostly south to Santa Cruz and Monterrey Bay for a few days to a week. In the winter, Sea Suite berths in SF Bay so we can do lots of day cruises and hikes with grandkids. We could always do some cruising somewhere else and I'd hire a company to move it in that case as my trailering days are long done.

While I've done a huge amount of looking, I still haven't found a boat that better meets my 'Sea Suite' needs.

 

[dbsea]

I call my C30 CB a single screw flybridge sedan, in a downeast style. If you put these boats side by side with a Sabre, Eastbay, Back Cove, or other downeast style boat, they share a ton of visual similarities and design elements.

 

[glider4]

“Cute boat!” was the reaction our R-25 Classic got from seemingly everyone who saw it. I described it as a really slow small RV with a hull.
Now that we have the C-28, no one who sees it calls it “Cute”. I just describe the C-28 as a small RV with a hull.

 

[HawaiianFish]

All great comments, thank you! I apologize for not clarifying context, because yes context really matters. Most of the time I’m speaking to Land Lubbers.

I really like the “Motorhome on the water” for land lubbers and “single screw flybridge sedan” for boaters!

As far as Express Cruiser, I boat in the Potomac, where Sea Rays are plentiful, and I keep up with them when we are traveling to rendezvous. Granted they are not going WOT, but none the less, I keep up at my 19-20knt cruising speed and am burning like half of the fuel they are. So I think she just squeezes in as an Express Cruiser… LOL