The boat that fits your description to a T is that mid 30 foot Carver....I think it is the Mariner 350 or 360.  It looks exactly like a Nike high top complete with the swoosh and everything.  I honestly do not believe the designer was going for form here.....function definitely prevailed as the boat is very strange looking(that is putting it mildly).  But I ask, have you ever been aboard this model of boat???  It is incredibly spacious on the inside with a wonderful cockpit that has safe and easy access(a couple of stairs) to a very wonderfully accomodating flybridge and easy safe access to a bow that has bench seating and a sunpad.....there is not one single ladder on the whole boat(okay maybe a swim ladder).  You all know the boat I am talking about because we have all looked at it and wondered how/why someone would buy such a creature.  The proud owners definitely sacraficed the form part for the function(ie Manatee ) as we active boaters all know there seem to be thousands of these things out there.  The more I walk around the boat(at boat shows) the more I understand why people buy it.

Ah Randy, The boat that fits your description to a T is that mid 30 foot Carver....I think it is the Mariner 350 or 360. It looks exactly like a Nike high top complete with the swoosh and everything. I honestly do not believe the designer was going for form here.....function definitely prevailed as the boat is very strange looking(that is putting it mildly). But I ask, have you ever been aboard this model of boat??? It is incredibly spacious on the inside with a wonderful cockpit that has safe and easy access(a couple of stairs) to a very wonderfully accomodating flybridge and easy safe access to a bow that has bench seating and a sunpad.....there is not one single ladder on the whole boat(okay maybe a swim ladder). You all know the boat I am talking about because we have all looked at it and wondered how/why someone would buy such a creature. The proud owners definitely sacraficed the form part for the function(ie Manatee ) as we active boaters all know there seem to be thousands of these things out there. The more I walk around the boat(at boat shows) the more I understand why people buy it. Trawler on, John In a message dated 2/18/2005 10:46:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Randy Pickelmann" <rwp48@verizon.net> writes: > But I have a hard time with some of the >newer sail and powerboat designs - what we call "Euro-trash". A friend claims >they were designed to look like a tennis shoe. I guess they just aren't easy >to look at....at least to me. Maybe in twenty years we all will think they >are beautiful. Someone does right now. > >Regards, >Randy Pickelmann >MORNING STAR >_______________________________________________ >http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > >To unsubscribe send email to >trawlers-and-trawlering-request@lists.samurai.com with the word >UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > >Trawlers and Trawlering, T and T, Trawlers & Trawlering, and T&T are >trademarks of Water World International. Unauthorized use is prohibited. >