2021 Regal 36 GC

Two hundred and ten hours on a 2021 Regal 36 Grande Coupe. This is stock #5009, finished in steel grey, with twin Volvo Penta V8 350s on DuoProp drives and Joystick Piloting, and it has barely been used.

The Grande Coupe's defining feature is the retractable hardtop. Closed, you have an air-conditioned salon; open, the whole upper deck becomes an open-air cockpit. It is the reason a 36-footer like this works in Missouri, where a July afternoon and an October evening ask completely different things of a boat. Air conditioning and heat run throughout the cabin and salon.

Below, this is a genuine cruiser rather than a day boat with a berth. A private forward island berth, a convertible mid-cabin lounge that becomes a second sleeping area, a full galley with refrigerator, microwave, cooktop, sink and solid-surface counters, and an enclosed head with a separate glass shower. Flat-screen TVs and Fusion entertainment are fitted, with premium faux wood flooring below and seagrass in the cockpit.

The cockpit is set up for entertaining at the dock or at anchor: convertible seating, an electric grill and refreshment center, a foredeck sun lounge, a walk-through windshield, and an extended SeaDek swim platform with an integrated swim step and ladder.

Joystick Piloting is the specification that changes ownership. An 18,000 lb, 37-foot 4-inch boat on an 11-foot 7-inch beam is a lot of windage, and the joystick lets you move it sideways into a slip with one hand. Combined with a Garmin glass cockpit carrying GPS, radar, depthsounder, VHF and autopilot, the boat is genuinely easy to operate for a couple without crew. There are 200 gallons aboard.

Why this is the right boat: this is the boat for people who want to sleep aboard, cook aboard, and spend three-day weekends on the water without hiring help or buying a 50-footer. At 210 hours it is effectively a new boat with the depreciation already absorbed, and the retractable top means you use it far more of the year than you would expect.

She is at Kelly's Port in Osage Beach. Family owned on the Lake of the Ozarks since 1977, Regal's oldest dealer anywhere, and ranked number one in the world for customer satisfaction by the factory. Slips, wet and dry storage, gas dock, and our own service department with a same-day guarantee are all on site. Call 573.348.3888 to arrange a private showing of stock #5009.