Bawugna wrote:
Use is a good question. Amanda and I have thought about that quite a bit. As a boat owner I have spent every available weekend on the boat for the past 17 seasons. As with any boat, we have gotten used small quarters and spending much of our time outside the boat doing things.
What we envision is a large number of weekends spent in a 100 to 200 mile radius or our homes. We will do the 4 or more day vacation type runs a bit further out. So we are essentially looking at a few days at a time relatively close to home. In time we are looking to do longer distance and time trips, once we get used to the whole lifestyle. We do not have nor desire kids, being in our 40s that is a decision we are confident we will stick to. We may have a dog with us occasionally, well trained and house/living quarter respectful (we do it in a 25 foot boat occasionally now). Doing a long term living type thing is not in our cards so short jaunts will not find a smaller unit closing us in much.
That's a good answer to the question. I'm a bachelor. I have a 22 foot TT with no slide out that I use every weekend and it works just fine for me. If you are used to a boat and you plan on spending your time out doing things then don't be afraid of a smaller TT.
I just got back from a weekend fishing trip. With 2 married friends (Actually, there living in sin but, they might as well get married they've been together for years) and a 11 year old boy. The small TT worked for us quite well. They slept on the front bed, me on the dinette, and the kid slept in the little bunk above the front bed. All we used the TT for was sleeping. The rest of the time we were out and about.
We all have different preferences. The only thing I see on the one you are looking at is that since the dinette is always in the slide out, and the slide is always on the street (left) side, then you can not see the lake, beach, campsite, or whatever when setting in the dinette. My little TT with no slide has the dinette on the curb (right) side and I can get up in the morning and have breakfast looking at the lake. To each his own, that's why they make different models.
The rear bath is a great option that I love in my TT. If you have the bath in the middle it makes the whole TT have a hour glass shape that really limits you room. I like the fact that the one you are looking at has the rear bath. It really opens up the floor plan.