Hi all. My wife and I recently purchased a 2001 43 Open. This is our first open style boat as well as a boat manufactured by Tiara. Having owned and operated several Bertram Convertibles I have to say we are very happy with the move. Bertram's are great boats and have always treated us well but the quality, layout and finishing details in this Tiara are outstanding. As of yet we haven't put the Tiara into a really heavy seaway but so far the ride has been outstanding.
We boat primarily in the Great Lakes/Lake Michigan and in fact are about 10 miles from Tiara's factory. Given our extended winter layup periods up here I have plenty of time for projects so I expect to have lot's of questions for all of you who know these boats. Looking forward to sharing some stories and gaining advice from the experts out there.
Hi Joe...welcome to the "family" The Tiara is a great boat! We bought ours in July 2013 and are very happy! The boats are very "Sea Kind". When others are still tied to the dock, you will be out there! Lots of good information on this site. Keep us up to speed on how things are going.
Congrats on the Tiara they are awesome boats and can take more waves than I can handle. I was in one nasty seas last year and the boat did great. I have a 43 Convertible and sounds like I am straight across the lake from you. (Racine WI) I boat in Lake Michigan and last year was my first time crossing to the Michigan side. You have some nice boating over there by the way.
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