Jarrett Bay 46

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Another Burton stipulation was that this would be a family boat — not just a hard-core fishing machine, but not just a cruiser either. Fishing features include a fish box in the transom, a lovely sailfish pod, insulated boxes and a tuna door (without bridge) in the cockpit. Jarrett Bay installed three rod holders in each gunwale and six more across the flybridge rail.

You often lose much of your underdeck cockpit stowage on boats with pod propulsion; however, the mezzanine on this Jarrett Bay offers plenty for extended cruises and tackle stowage, as well as quick-release connectors under the port gunwale for the water fill and freshwater and saltwater washdowns. The shore power plugs in under the starboard covering board.



As you’ll discover with all pod-propulsion boats, most of the power is housed farther aft, under the cockpit deck. This 46 provides centerline engine-room access, but the engine compartment doesn’t extend as far forward as you expect it to when you first open the hatch. In fact, you enter the forward compartment via metal-plate steps attached directly to the fronts of the engines. You can access the power plants via this “day hatch” or lift the entire cockpit area on rams. Either way, you’ll have no problem working on all the standard maintenance points or getting outboard to service equipment mounted on the bulkheads.