MathieuPhillips
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True! It's a really interesting boat, I'd love to have oneEveryone should like this boat. Two sets of windows. One for each taste.
Also one that bobsyiruncle shared, so fascinating.
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True! It's a really interesting boat, I'd love to have oneEveryone should like this boat. Two sets of windows. One for each taste.
I want one
Is this interesting or just normal boat porn?
https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1980/custom-tristar-lrc-trawler-3641200/
Woolf, what were the major items that made you pass on the boat?
Even if you and your mate are 100% compatible and equally skilled, sometimes you will need another couple to bounce off ideas.
In my view, this is actually the nicest ever Vripack design in the 65ft size bracket. A truly capable, go-anywhere trawler/explorer, with huge internal volume, which can still be managed by two competent hands.
Unfortunately, this particular boat was built by a commercial shipyard in China, with some design changes made during the build. We had a look at it about 8 years ago when it was for sale, and gave it a pass.
Funny, for us the ABOSLUTE limit for overnight guests is 2 nights. And while my lovely bride and I can be in the same room for weeks, the business of running the boat is all mine. She'll play human autopilot for a few minutes, lookout or throw a line at a fuel dock attendant but that's about it.
Size depends on what it is. Properly set up one can go quite large in this configuration. Our last was 42' (sail), the next one will be in the 50's (power).
Mystic Seaport in Conn. has discovered they can make a place in history by teaching wood boat repair and rebuilding historic boats and ships. I visited it in the 60s, before they rebuild the out buildings etc. What impressed me was small size of the sailing wooden whaling vessels. They were 'purpose built' ships with little consideration for crew comfort.
...Man I am showing my age.
Actually, it shows you have an unhealthy fixation with a certain TV show.
Naw, just the dark hair lady.
Every time I see a boat over about 45 feet, the phrase "paid crew" or very dependable friends jumps into my head.
Even if you and your mate are 100% compatible and equally skilled, sometimes you will need another couple to bounce off ideas. IMO, any voyage lasting more than a week needs another couple, another stateroom and another head.
My N46 was about the right size. My current boat AT34 is a bit too small unless the other couple likes to sleep in the saloon, sleep and wake on my schedule or an agreement can be reached on 'hot bunking, (not wife nor husband swapping.)'
You have to admit, Mary Ann was hot.
I just admitted it. She is still alive but thanks to her suspected face lifts she has not aged as one would expect.