The Calvin Beal Hull Hiding in the Lowcountry

1994 Mitchell Cove 32 - $124,900

If you have been hunting for a Downeast boat in the Southeast, you know the struggle: they simply don’t exist. You usually have to buy them in Maine and pay $15,000 to truck them south.

Not today.

Sitting in Edisto Island is a legendary Mitchell Cove 32, a hull drawn by Calvin Beal Jr. known for being a tank in a head sea. This isn’t a picnic boat; it’s a weapon. It comes rigged with a pot hauler, a gin pole for hauling monster tuna (or swords), and a 300HP Caterpillar diesel that cruises at a respectable 13 knots.

The current owner has already done the “soft goods” refit (new helm chair, new cushions, new SeaDek), so you get the comfort of a cruiser with the bones of a commercial lobster boat. A solid glass hull in the Carolinas for this price is a needle in a haystack.