Hello:
I am a returning new/old member to Trawlerforum. I have been posting for a couple of weeks and like what I see, so let me introduce myself.
My wife and I retired to Oriental, NC a year or so ago. We have two trawlers (well sort of): a Cape Dory 28, a downeast style sedan with a gas engine and an Island Packet Cat 35 which is sometimes refered to as "a trawler with a stick". Not quite an accurate description of the IP Cat, but close.
Together and single handed we/I have cruised for some 10,000 miles along the east coast from western Florida to the Bahamas and to Maine and back. Mostly living on the hook and never staying in one anchorage more than a few days (with minor exceptions).
But now we live on a creek in Oriental and our cruising horizon is limited to about 50 miles.
I am an anal engineer and approach boating issues from that perspective. So give me a break for that characteristic. I have a pretty good knowledge of mechanical systems and maybe a better knowledge about electrical ones.
I look forward to contributing to the forum.
David
I am a returning new/old member to Trawlerforum. I have been posting for a couple of weeks and like what I see, so let me introduce myself.
My wife and I retired to Oriental, NC a year or so ago. We have two trawlers (well sort of): a Cape Dory 28, a downeast style sedan with a gas engine and an Island Packet Cat 35 which is sometimes refered to as "a trawler with a stick". Not quite an accurate description of the IP Cat, but close.
Together and single handed we/I have cruised for some 10,000 miles along the east coast from western Florida to the Bahamas and to Maine and back. Mostly living on the hook and never staying in one anchorage more than a few days (with minor exceptions).
But now we live on a creek in Oriental and our cruising horizon is limited to about 50 miles.
I am an anal engineer and approach boating issues from that perspective. So give me a break for that characteristic. I have a pretty good knowledge of mechanical systems and maybe a better knowledge about electrical ones.
I look forward to contributing to the forum.
David
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