As warned earlier, I've started my new hobby.

26' (LOA) 2000 SeaRay 260 Sundancer

It has the small engine (260hp, Bravo III), fresh water cooling, heat, head, shore power, etc. Pretty nice starter boat, good for weekend camping trips, should work to get up to the San Juans. Got a great slip as part of the deal in Kirkland.

I'll try to get some better pictures up soon. I've taken it out twice so far - yesterday for a training run with a friend that's very experienced with boats, and today with a couple other friends. Today's docking was challenging, took 3 tries to get it in correctly, and I still needed one of the guys to fend off.

Learned something new today - when buying boat insurance, the boat isn't insured until you actually have the insurance. I'm used to cars, where you already have a car policy and just need to transfer it. There you have a window to switch it, where the insurance company will cover you. Because I'm getting a new policy, there is no coverage on the boat until after I get the insurace policy active. No more boating for me until I get the policy number from my agent.