man n black
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Wife and I attending the Ft. Lauderdale show in Nov. Maps and website info not very effective for looking at Trawler type yachts. Anyone who's been have any tips on attending?
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Also looking for cool things to see and do besides FLIBS or anything we should be looking at and where as newbies to blue water cruising (electronics, anchors, radioa, emergency stuff etc)!
All input appreciated!
Ch
Greetings,
Mr. mnb. Be prepared for sensory overload. There is SO much "stuff" there it boggles the mind. We've been several times and between battling the crowds and going on boats there seems to be little time to actually sift through the plethora of booths. Bring good walking shoes that can easily be slipped off for boat visits (keep an eye on them IF they're at all decent looking) and start at the north end above the Los Olas bridge-mostly boats there that could at least be worth a walk by. I'd plan on two days with adequate visits to the beer tents.
Anchors? I would only purchase a _________
I've been there a couple of times now, and parking has always been a non issue.
We are VERY interested in trawler type boats due to their go anywhere blue water capabilities
@BandB...We are thinking the ability to do ocean crossings.
Our plan is to mostly retire early (work from home), live aboard and start somewhere. When we get bored...we'll pull up anchor or untie, fuel up if needed and go. We have places all over the world we'd like to visit on slow time..
Ch
@yachtbrokerguy and CaptBill...looks like we will be staying either at a hotel with water taxi service or we will be able to Uber back and forth, also looks as if we will be extending our stay by a day or so as the flights are cheaper!
@yachtbrokerguy...please check your PM's...
Ch
@BandB....yessir...we have a small but growing list of needs and wants in a boat..first and foremost is seaworthiness and redundant systems to make safe ocean crossings...it does seem to limit our boat type/manufacturer numbers....
I personally would love a sexy, fast, luxurious Hatteras fishing boat....but we'd be stuck cargo shipping it around the world and that's just not adventurous..I also like the idea of the Nordhavn 75EYF but few of those have been built and I've read there were inherent problems with that boat as compared to other Nordhavn models..Ultimately...we know that we have to tour some boats and get a feel for what we need and want vs. what we can give up..These forums have helped answer some of those questions for us already..
Cheers,
Ch
@BandB...agreed...That's a large reason why we are attending FLIBS...hopefully get to walk around on a few boats from different manufacturers to get a better feel of liveaboard size vs. length and features etc. We definetely want to enjoy the journey...unfortunately because our primary mission is a go anywhere boat I think we're locked into a trawler type. Those all seem to have 6+ feet of water draft and are quite tall in the sizes we think we'll be comfortable on..we'd likely have to do the great loop on something different and be careful with our anchorages elsewhere..
Ch
Fleming 65. 5' draft, 17'11" air draft. Cross oceans. Cruise 14 knots or so, WOT 18 knots. Range at 8 knots, 2000 nm, at 7 knots, close to 3000 nm, at 6 knots, 3500 nm. Capable of oceans, loop or ICW.
Fleming 55. 5' draft, 16' air draft. Cruise 14 knots or so, WOT 18 knots. Range at 8 knots, 2000 nm, at 7 knots, 2500 nm, at 6 knots, 3000 nm.
There are others.
As to height, there are some that clear except for arch's or masts and those can be hinged.