Tollycraft 34 vs CC 26 - worth it to make the wife happy

bmachine":1i2pwvk7 said:
Thanks for all the feedback; we are having lengthy discussions and this has helped. Currently we have the CC in our slip space for most of the spring/summer season; we tend to hustle our way to the dock for 2-3 day excursions following work on most weekends. We break that up with some weekly voyages when the school schedule allows. Time will tell if we begin the process of adventuring to different areas. I am concerned with the gas prices (going from a single 150 to twin 300's). The Tolly we are looking at has brand new engines, however needs some updating in the interior and I am not sure I have the patience for another project (given all of the updates I have made to our CC). The space is nice; we found that the CC is perfect for 2-3, sucks when we have company or extended family who want to venture out.
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If you can be content with whatcha got that's always the best solution, right? LOL

I spent around 100 nights on my CD22
Had a Maxum 2400 SCR
Now we have a 34ft carver so it would have some similarities to the Tolly.

I would not trade my Carver for a CD22 for the Puget Sound cruising we do.
In fact I have not see any boat in it's price range that has the living space and comfort that we have on this carver.

That said, it's not a go-anywhere boat, and it's not a fishing boat (although you can fish it.

So... I'm in the hunt for a second trailerable boat. Ideally a 16ft.
Keep the carver moored year round, use it for long cruises (1-2 weeks as we are still working stiffs) and trailer the CD16 to fish and crab.

that's the ideal setup for me...
 
Brock, for what it's worth, here's another thumbs up for Tolly Tollefson's Northwest favorite, Tollycraft. My folks cruised their 1976 26' thousands of miles from 1977 until selling it in 1995. Now and again they thought about getting the 34-footer, but wisely stayed with the 26' because for two people it offered a generous amount of space. My impression is that's a Tolly hallmark. Folks' boat was well built, safe, reliable, about 4.5 tons, and I think had a single 255 MerCruiser inboard. They also loved the big cockpit and wide command bridge. It always had covered moorage, which boosted the resale value.

Brock
 
Catman":zq8r127e said:
Brock, for what it's worth, here's another thumbs up for Tolly Tollefson's Northwest favorite, Tollycraft. My folks cruised their 1976 26' thousands of miles from 1977 until selling it in 1995. Now and again they thought about getting the 34-footer, but wisely stayed with the 26' because for two people it offered a generous amount of space. My impression is that's a Tolly hallmark. Folks' boat was well built, safe, reliable, about 4.5 tons, and I think had a single 255 MerCruiser inboard. They also loved the big cockpit and wide command bridge. It always had covered moorage, which boosted the resale value.

Brock
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That's where we are now with our Carver. Getting a bigger one always seems like a good idea but I'm not sure we need it to be honest. It's a 2827 but the LOA is 34' with dinghy on the back. I do think that boats from this era were just designed really well. Lots of living space. Ours however does have twin mercruisers and they're both very thirsty. it made a lot more sense 2 years ago.................................
 
Yep, the dream of a larger boat.
Done that, all the way to 45'.
They demand a lot of time, so many more systems.
Haulout, stuck with there rates.
I'm happy again, my 22 Angler is parked within 10' of me as I type this. At my home for free.
Oh, I might have forgot about moorage. It is getting mighty expensive !
 
san juanderer":1g2vrj2c said:
Yep, the dream of a larger boat.
Done that, all the way to 45'.
They demand a lot of time, so many more systems.
Haulout, stuck with there rates.
I'm happy again, my 22 Angler is parked within 10' of me as I type this. At my home for free.
Oh, I might have forgot about moorage. It is getting mighty expensive !
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Moorage IS getting expensive, and I don't even have a trailer for the carver.
The upside is: I don't need to keep/maintain/park a trailer, I don't need 4wd to get in and out of the launch, and since the boat is wet 24/7 we can swing by anytime we want for date nights without leaving the slip.

Of course... requires bottom paint, regular zinc intervals, scraping, moorage, etc etc etc. plenty of downsides. I'm surprised and happy to find myself finally content and not needing to go UP in size anymore. But one day if life allows we would like to snowbird south to AZ or TX, and live in Puget Sound during only the summer. at that point we'd prefer something more like your 45' I think. I'd be trading yard and house maintenance for boat maintenance of course.

and even though I say I'm content, I watch for a 16' CD every day because the carver is not an ideal fishing boat (so.... back to trailer maintenance and tow vehicle, lol)
 
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