"Mid Size Power Boats": A Guide for Discreminating Buyers - by David Pascoe

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Bubble Boats

The Space Shuttle Goes to Sea or How Chris Craft Nearly Ended My Career

 Photos by David H. Pascoe, Marine Surveyor

 

Are you ready for 1959 Cacillac fins? Count the number of places you are likely to slip and fall while attempting to get around on this boat.

 

 

Here's a good perspective of the deck that nearly ended my career.  When your foot slips, your leg is going to go under the railing while your upper body may catapult it self over the railing.  The railing is only 20" high and is utterly useless. Notice that with a catwalk only 6" wide, you have no choice but to step up onto the heavily rounded surface.

 

 

Here's yet another view of a bubble deck. Photographing a white deck in bright sun doesn't work out too well, so I have drawn in the contour lines to show the curvature of the deck of this this boat. With catwalks only 3-4" wide, it forces you step up on the steeply sloping deck with nothing to  hold on to. 

 

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First Posted 1997 at David Pascoe's site www.yachtsurvey.com.

Posted June 16, 1998

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About Author:
David H. Pascoe is a marine surveyor (retired) with 40 years' experience.

He is author and publisher of power boat books:

"Mid Size Power Boats"
"Surveying Fiberglass Power Boats" 2E
"Buyers' Guide to Outboard Boats"
"Marine Investigations"

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