Featured Boat 55' Hood Expedition 2007 US$ 1,495,000 ROBIN, a HOOD 55 Expedition is a new and different yacht, she is designed by Ted Hood and constructed to take you anywhere in the world in comfort and safety. She is a truly custom yacht with many innovative features: pilothouse with 360-degree views, full steering and navigation 6 1/2 ft draft with the centerboard up, 12 ft down electric furling on main, genoa, and staysail, twin wheels with perfect visibility forward and of sails, easy cockpit to deck access, no coaming to climb over electric winches for trimming sails, storage and lockers for long distance cruising full Air Conditioning Her tall rig carries a cloud of sail that, matched with a unique Hood hull design, assures impressive sailing performance. When your destination is dead to weather and there is too little or too much wind; furl the jib, fire up the 300 HP John Deere 6068 engine, and you are going to windward at 9.5 knots out of the wind and rain in the comfort of the pilothouse steering station. The wide beam and open deck design is a joy at anchor or offshore. Down below, there is a feeling of warmth and comfort, your home at sea. The salon is spacious, the full width of the yacht, with large ports to port and starboard offering harbor and ocean views from all below deck areas. The raised panel interior executed in American Cherry is outstanding, equal to many mega-yachts. The aft master stateroom has a king size bed, cedar lined hanging storage, lockers and drawers, a comfortable desk, and mirrors. An ensuite head features a marble sole and enclosed shower. A forward stateroom with a vee-berth with large opening ports protected from rain by the flair of the bow, cedar lined lockers, and drawer storage. A unique design allows the use of an ensuite head with stall shower to also be used as a day head or shared head with the third stateroom. The third portside stateroom has a lower and upper bunk, a chest of drawers, and hanging locker. ROBIN is a pleasure to be aboard; wide uncluttered decks, a huge protected cockpit with twin steering wheels offering good visibility, easy access to the deck from cockpit, a convenient swim platform for boarding from dock or dinghy, and an enclosed steering station with full instruments and controls under the cover of the deckhouse.