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Originally Posted by Marin
I think the only people who associate the word "trawler" with a recreational boat are the people involved with recreational boats. To the general public, a trawler is still a fishing boat.
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Could I add that such a point of view is probably coming from living in an area where the public may be a bit more educated by exposure to the commercial fishing industry. I doubt that I could enter a port like Glochester, MA and have anyone refer to my boat as a "trawler" without a giggle at the end, a tongue in cheek, or a obvious smirk. But here in Southern Florida, everyone calls my boat a trawler, mostly because it's slow and has one of those stick thingy that juts up from the deck. One person even asked me if the stick thingy was cosmetic.