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This well-conceived, ShowBoats Award-winning custom tri-deck motor yacht gives a new meaning to the phrase, “going to the dogs.”
by Marilyn Mower
photography by Pamela Jones
11/01/2004
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The multifunction-room concept extends to the upper deck as
well, where the pilothouse and skylounge are one in the same. Dark ziricote
joinery creates a serene space. “I call it the womb room,” said Steve. At night,
when the boat is at anchor or docked, the lounge becomes the owners’ den. “In
the morning, we have breakfast in the country kitchen and talk about plans for
the day with the crew. From dinner on we shut the doors to the country kitchen
and that becomes the crew lounge,” he said.
Below, Best N Show features two
generous VIP cabins in addition to the owners’ suite. The Bostics believe six is
the right number of passengers for the size of boat and crew. From the lower
lobby, curved pocket doors open at the touch of a button revealing the lush
owners’ cabin. The Bostics collect contemporary art, and here several media are
pulled together to interesting effect. “We realized that because of the yacht’s
design, we had nowhere to hang paintings. So we looked at other ways to bring
art aboard. David Hostetler’s sculpture “The Elegant Lady” in the salon is one
of them. We made several visits to his studio and photographed the beautiful
landscapes of his farm,” said Steve. “Then, as we were thinking about paintings
for the shutters, artist Garth Witcoski suggested carving Hostetler’s landscapes
into the shutters, rendering the four sets as the four seasons. He also created
the art-glass bathroom doors, which are his two-dimensional impression of the
sculpture upstairs. We love how it all ties together.”
As much as he enjoyed
the process of building Best N Show and the sense of teamwork he felt with
Knowles and Burger’s craftsmen, Steve notes he is enjoying the fruits of the
process even more. “We planned to spend six or seven months a year on board and
we are well on our way. The interesting thing is that there is nothing we’d
change.
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