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At 899K it really does seem like a deal

You could buy it and drop it on a nice lot somewhere and have a home better than 90% of the McMansions out there. I was enjoying myself until i opened the engine room pictures. I honestly was not sure what I was looking at with all those lit panels and what not. Way over my head. And wallet.
Thank you for the free boat porn Boatruptcy.





boatruptcy said:
http://pro.yatco.com/BrochureTemplate.aspx?pdfid=46b9d274-dc68-4aca-9f04-599a9093d065


This looks like a great deal, I'm not crazy about the profile but the interior is impressive.
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moparharn said:
Mostly hard chined West Greenland boats around 18 x 21" wide. I also built a skin on frame boat mostly for rolling and straight line speed. I think all the paddling and rolling helped my joints to self destruct a little quicker than if I had not paddled so much. Typical paddles were 17-20 miles. Our Hugh Heward race on the Grand River is 51.6 miles, but we get varying amounts of current based on the run off.
I have seriously looked at the Sparkman & Stephens trawler for sale on this forum, it has bilge keels to cut down on the rolling but nothing that extends down far enough to rest the hull on. Not a real need on the Great Lakes, but I like the idea of the bilge keels in place of a more expensive and complicated stabilizer system (more effective too I would imagine). Bill
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That S&S trawler is the one with the canoe stern, isn't it? Dang Purdy boat!

I was at the complete opposite end of the spectrum with kayaks.

I paddled a Necky Tofino (the same kind Ned Gillette paddled solo from California to Hawaii...before GPS...using a sextant!) with the front cockpit loaded up with 4x5 large format camera gear, monster food box, and a big tent. My wife paddled a Necky Tesla, another high volume boat.

We hardly ever put in long days because we kept finding places to photograph. Took 6 months to do BC's coast where some people do it in a week or two.
 
I think I am headed in a trawler where you were

in a kayak. Comfortable, slow, capable, safe, and about the journey rather than getting there. Now if I can just find the right boat for me.









MurrayM said:
That S&S trawler is the one with the canoe stern, isn't it? Dang Purdy boat!

I was at the complete opposite end of the spectrum with kayaks.

I paddled a Necky Tofino (the same kind Ned Gillette paddled solo from California to Hawaii...before GPS...using a sextant!) with the front cockpit loaded up with 4x5 large format camera gear, monster food box, and a big tent. My wife paddled a Necky Tesla, another high volume boat.

We hardly ever put in long days because we kept finding places to photograph. Took 6 months to do BC's coast where some people do it in a week or two.
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Quite the little (?) ship. Notice the fire mains on the side decks...and that's one serious windlass.

 
Blind Owl said:
Quite the little (?) ship. Notice the fire mains on the side decks...and that's one serious windlass.

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Nice, nice, nice. Now, WIF are you going to do with it if you buy it? LOL
The maintenance costs would be unbelievable. The cost of a trained crew would be very expensive too.
Even if it were turned into a floating brothel I dont think the money "earned" would not be enough.
 
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Greetings,
Mr. OD. Volvos or DD's? I would suspect being Scandinavian they would be Volvos so the brothel scenario works. Need a part?



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Looks like Detroits. Way over-priced, that's a 850k boat in my opinion. I love it though but when you see what else you can get for $1.85mm it becomes a tough sell.
 
boatruptcy said:
Looks like Detroits. Way over-priced, that's a 850k boat in my opinion. I love it though but when you see what else you can get for $1.85mm it becomes a tough sell.
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It would take a team of knowable engineers a couple of months to survey this boat.
 
OldDan1943 said:
It would take a team of knowable engineers a couple of months to survey this boat.
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Agreed, a ton of systems, a lot of them older, probably some original. It's really too much boat for a cruising couple but not really enough boat for someone that wants to have a full time crew or even a full time captain. I would love to have it even if I only took it out a couple times a year.
 
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RT Firefly said:
Greetings,
Mr. b. Correct. Twin 8-71's. Here's the listing with more information: 75' Smedvik Mek Trawler for Sale | Motor Yachts, Super Yachts, Trawlers | Paul Johansen | Curtis Stokes Yacht brokers
There's also a pdf with spec's.


As I suspected, just from the look of her, she is a retired Norwegian rescue vessel. Others I've seen have twins with a single VP prop. Much better set up than twin screws IMO.
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and enough wealthy friends to go cruising with you for years.
 
Sorry you will be disappointed but we was already "à couple" with her ... :)
As soon as found the photo (!?) I send it
 
Loving all of these big salty steel boats.
 
That Ross Seaton Long Range Trawler is beautiful. I could not see what protection the two props had. The hull shape would stabilise beautifully with paravanes, too.

And a pantry...
 
boatruptcy said:
https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/20...e=standard listing&refSource=standard listing

My new favorite for now.
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Really nice boat! Unfortunate for orig owners that health problems arose.

I reviewed all photos and read all specs. My only question: Why do the large vertical stabilizer plates on either side of the bottom have fairly blunt leading edge with sharply tapered edge to their rear? I would think the blunt forward edge would create some forward motion resistance by having to have that edge "plow" through the water. Would it not be more efficient to have forward edge design similar to the sharp trailing edge design... so it cuts through water??
 
Art said:
Really nice boat! Unfortunate for orig owners that health problems arose.



I reviewed all photos and read all specs. My only question: Why do the large vertical stabilizer plates on either side of the bottom have fairly blunt leading edge with sharply tapered edge to their rear? I would think the blunt forward edge would create some forward motion resistance by having to have that edge "plow" through the water. Would it not be more efficient to have forward edge design similar to the sharp trailing edge design... so it cuts through water??
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If I was spending $600k on a boat I would want some active stabilization. I question weather those big fixed fins would give enough stability for me and my weak stomach.
 
Art said:
Really nice boat! Unfortunate for orig owners that health problems arose.

I reviewed all photos and read all specs. My only question: Why do the large vertical stabilizer plates on either side of the bottom have fairly blunt leading edge with sharply tapered edge to their rear? I would think the blunt forward edge would create some forward motion resistance by having to have that edge "plow" through the water. Would it not be more efficient to have forward edge design similar to the sharp trailing edge design... so it cuts through water??
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Maybe for beaching? I see a large lift muffler, is that for generator? I see the cat is keel cooled and you can see the dry exhaust wrapped and going up, but where is the dry stack for exhaust leaving the boat?
 
boatruptcy said:
Maybe for beaching?...
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I think so, especially when you see the keel; it must flare out to 2' wide at the bottom, sort of like a box keel. There are also plates welded to the bottom of the bilge keels, presumably to reduce the keels tendency to knife into the beach. You'd have to pick your spot to dry out carefully with a boat that big & heavy!
 
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MurrayM said:
Sure there is. Might take a few decades, but a lot of sailboaters end up in a comfortable, dry, warm pilothouse :D
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Yeah that boat needs a big warm/cooled pilothouse and fewer sails, then it would be perfect! [emoji6]

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localboy said:
:socool: Man...with that boat the world is your oyster...assuming you can afford it all.
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A homeric, in-your-face, unapologetic, brutish approach to marinedom if I ever saw one. And with a 5’8” draft with outer wings like that, I’d hate to be a manatee or a crab pot. She’s an outside boat for sure.
 

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