Dream Machine
“We are partners in everything, so a single helm seat wasn’t an option,” said Brian Carran as he and his wife, Cath, recently prepared their new boat, a Maritimo S70 Sedan Cruiser, for an extended cruise in the Whitsunday Islands. “I have been working in supermarkets since I was nineteen. Three years ago, knowing my retirement plans were looming, we started our journey to secure our dream boat, on which we’d enjoy life after years of hard work,” he said. “Up until then we didn’t have the time to spend extended periods on the water, and apart from annual trips to the Med where we would cruise with friends, most of our boating was on our Beneteau 473.”
Their journey to find the ideal boat for this next phase of their lives included time spent looking at trawler-style vessels in venues ranging from the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show to the Sydney International Boat Show. The Carrans even considered a purpose-built vessel from a yard in New Zealand.
Their worldwide
