MJM Yachts 40z... Best Boat for the Elderly & Infirm

While it's been said that Bob J. will do anything to sell a boat...shirt off his back, maybe.  But, breaking a leg was not a pre-meditated marketing strategy.  Creating a boat, however, that addresses infirmities of the like, was.  So, when he asked the orthopedic doctor at Mass General whether it was OK to go to Florida for  4 weeks he didn't let on it was going to be on a boat. The doctor would not have imagined that such a boat as the MJM 40z existed, where one could (a) dock the boat unassisted from the wheel (b) board the boat with crutches, and (c) had only 3 stairs to navigate to reach an interior where shower, office, galley, bed and head were on the same level and so close. The 40z is far more convenient and secure than Mary's and Bob's Boston apartment where a flight of stairs had to be navigated at least 4 times per day...not to mention the slippery slopes of snow and ice on Beacon Hill.  Florida has been flat and dry ashore with balmy winds, beautiful sunsets and calm seas, cruising between Naples, Sanibel, Boca Grande, Stuart, Jupiter Island, Palm Beach and Ft. Lauderdale en route to the Miami Boat Show.  It has been an uplifting experience, both spiritually and physically.

An important discovery for anyone having to wear an Aircast, which due to it's greater height off the ground than the good leg, will soon create a lopsided posture and problems with knees, hips and back was found through Google.  It's called an "EVENUP".  It attaches with elastic rubber straps, like a crampon or large Teva, to elevate your favorite shoe.  As shown, Bob has it on a Sperry Topsider.  Why doctors and hospitals aren't prescribing these devices along with the Aircast is a mystery.