Buying "Blue Heron"

Me and the rf-246 back at Vero Beach, FL

The process of buying the Rosborough was painless enough. It started with a drive across the state of Florida during February, 2014, from Vero Beach (where I was living aboard a Ranger Tug 21ec) to St. Petersburg, Florida, to look at a used Ranger Tug 25 that had just come on the market. The price was right, but seeing the boat made me realize the Ranger Tug 25 wasn't the boat for me. Ranger Tug makes a great boat, but I came away thinking, "This boat is dark inside and lacking in living space. It feels like a cave inside, like being aboard a sailboat again." I was looking for something bright and airy inside.
The broker had said that if the Ranger Tug purchase didn't work out, he had a nice Rosborough rf-246 that might be perfect for me. That started me thinking. I had looked closely at the rf-246 about 10 years ago and liked them, but they were beyond my price range then. Now, 10 years later, the 2008 model was just about affordable for me. So, the next weekend, Brian, my Canadian friend who has a great love of boats, and I drove 7 hours to the Florida Panhandle to sea trial the Rosborough. We took it out the inlet and into the Gulf chop. It handled well. I liked the open, light and airy interior. I made an offer. Two days later, the offer (plus a bit more) was accepted. I had a new boat!