What exactly is a "Day Boat"

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Wood Zeppelin

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I get the general idea... not an overnight cruising boat. But where do you draw the line? I'm curious about different people's definitions.

Sleeping Cuddy's / V-berths...
I'd say a 16' Angler is a Day boat. But a 19' and 22' Anglers do have sleeping cuddys.. Yet they are not really "Cruisers", does just adding the sleeping are mean the are not "day boats"?

Or does it take more of a full cabin?

Also, does a hardtop cabin make a difference? Would you do multi0day cruises in a soft-top boat (assuming you still had a V-berth for sleeping?)
 
We know a perfectly sane couple who lived full-time on a CD-22 for 7 years.

Since Wikipedia doesn't define 'day boat', I submit that there isn't one.

Cheers!

John
 
I would submit that many people "cruise" substantial distances on open boats, with no cabin or fixed bunks. The sleeping arrangements vary. Some have done the "great loop" on what might be called "day boats".

Generally I have considered charter fishing boats or diving boats, which do not have accommodations for the number aboard to be "Day Boats"
 
I personally think the name "day" or "weekender" is a description of how long a lucid person can stay on the boat without becoming totally insane.
 
T.R. Bauer":134lklmo said:
I personally think the name "day" or "weekender" is a description of how long a lucid person can stay on the boat without becoming totally insane.
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Well, I have been considered :?

But 100 days/nights on my 22 Cruiser was certainly doable. I spent a night sleeping (somewhat) in a 17 ft canoe while a campground host black bear spent the night guarding my van on the beach. I met a fellow who came to Jones Island in a 16 foot (open)row boat with 2 kids, and then cam from Fanny Bay up on Vancouver Island. Was that a "dayboat" or a "cruiser"? I know folks who have spent more than several nights out on their 16 ft C-Dorys.

I think most "fishing boats" are day boats, except rogerbum who goes out overnight to fish for tuna. But the average 12 - 15 foot aluminum skiff is pretty much my definition of a "dayboat". YOMV.

Harvey
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Thanks for all these great responses!

I have spent two weeks per summer living and cruising in my 16' Cruiser. It's been great, but then again I am a "solo backpacker" type.

This leads me to another questions, about hardtop boats vs. soft-tops.. I'll make a new thread for that!
 
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