Trawler in ID

Any comments on this???2007 Custom built Alum. hull 36' Trawler

It is a strange looking beast.

Obviously someone designed and built her for their own personal tastes, with little consideration for resell.

David

djmarchand said:

It is a strange looking beast. Obviously someone designed and built her for their own personal tastes, with little consideration for resell. David

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What he said.

Looks practical/interesting except lacking a walk-around deck. Unusual having three helms. Seems inexpensive considering one also gets a truck and trailer with the boat.

Don't walk away....RUN!

Well now, that's certainly a vessel built with no apologies. I think that boat turned out exactly the way it was intended. It's a very interesting boat, but my Admiral did remark about how the galley sink was smaller than the head sink. The rig to haul it is a nice touch and one that I would have added myself if I lived in ID.

Greetings,
How the heck do you get to the foredeck in any sort of seaway (bad weather)? Better wear a survival suit trying.

It sure is an interesting boat, lots of features shown in the pics probably more inside. It looks like remote Hydraulic couplers at the aft helm I wonder what for, maybe the crane? And how about the two windlasses on the foredeck?
It does have narrow walk arounds and hand rails on the cabin top like lots of sportfishermen do for acess to the foredeck, not fun in bad weather. If one fits through the hatch that could be used too.
I'd sure like to have a tour of this one.

If one were to buy it with the intention of moving it away from Lake Pend Orielle, ID, how would you take it apart to get it down to a height to travel along the highways and byways? 14' is the max height on most freeways and I don't see a convenient place to disassemble that flybridge. It would iikely have to come on its own trailer

Just got email back, this is what he said:

The engines are Deutz 36hp, and the genset is a 10kw Deutz with 34hrs. Boat is 35'7" long,10'11" beam, draftof 4'. Weighs about 38,000#.The hull is aluminum, and called a tri-keel trawler. It can be in low water when the tide goes out, and will sit safely on the keels. Has a cowling around the props to protect them, as well as to improve the effeciency of the engines. It cruises at 6-7 knots, top at 8-9 knots. Very effecient.
Galley- double cook top-one elec./one propane, micro, covection oven, large ref/freez. trash compactor,2 freezers under galley floor, washer/dryer, 10 gal. HW heater, corian counters,seperate bar sink with filter. All cabinets and interior finnish is teak. Very nice condition.
Electronics- ICOM VHF radio, ICOM SSB radio,Furuno W RD 30/ repeater chart plot, Furuno Radar, Yoeman Chart plot, Comnav Auto Pilot, Furano Depth sounder, Wesmar Debpt sounder, TV/DVD, Sterio/CD, (full manuals for all).
Has Kinnamatics hydralicall operated reel Vetus anchor windless,plus elec. back-up windless, with Delta 45# plow anchor / 100'of 3/8" high tensile chain, and 300' of 7/16" cable. plus a second complete anchor setup. Batteries are Rolls deep cycle, 860 anp hrs,.
boat has sea chest in and out- no through hulls. Has a fuel polishing system, oil change system and Racor fuel filters. Three helms- in pilot house, on flybridge, in cockpit. Fair amount of storage. Has a stabilizing sail, Crane to lift dingy to bridge.
Boat is designed to haul on its own trailer- with under 14' height, and less than 11' wide so it doesn't need special permits. Everything on the flybridge comes down to less that 14' for transport.
As you can see, it is really well equipped.
If you like, call Tim 208-610-5605

Now that is a serious Trailer Boat!

I want to know where you can haul 11' load and not pull a permit? Here anything over 8'6'' needs papers. Technically, my Albin 27 should move under permit only.

eseyoung said:

I want to know where you can haul 11' load and not pull a permit? Here anything over 8'6'' needs papers. Technically, my Albin 27 should move under permit only.

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You definitely need a permit, but he probably means you don't need escorts. At least in SC you don't. $100 a year here.

"Sea Dove" is an inappropriate name for a boat that... er... ummm... unconventional. It should rightfully be called "My Way".

11 foot beam scares me...

Interesting vessel. Would be good if one lived far from the sea, but near good lakes that were not interconnected…or liked to vary cruising grounds but too time poor to travel long distances - hey…that's me…and why we had trailer yachts when living in NZ. However, even with its own truck and special trailer, I doubt I'd enjoy taking it over those Taupo hills, like we did the Gazelle.
http://www.greatlaketaupo.com/new-zealand/interactivemap/

That is pretty close to where I live although I keep my Nordic Tug in Anacortes. I would think Lake Pend Oreille would get pretty boring after a while esp. given the lack of marinas you could get into.

Seems like one would need a CDL to haul it too.

fijigone....what state are you in? Does Fiji have anything tondo with a college frat?

Bill - I live in Las Vegas but lived in Fiji for over 20 years on a 42"
' steel trawler. Hope in the future to be back on a trawler. Just thought this was a interesting boat.

The reason you get a truck and trailer is so you can tow it to the tip.
Cut it off at deck level and start again would be my recommendation.
As the old boat builder said "if it looks good then it most probably is"
That doesn't fill the bill.
Cheers
Benn

Some really good ideas there but you have to see the forest not just the trees. This is a classic example of an individual not understanding their strengths and more importantly weaknesses. Obviously a labor of love but unfortunately it has now been offered up for scrutiny from the masses. Every boat has a mate.

Every boat has a mate. __________________

AS does every toilet seat.

Tidahapah said:

The reason you get a truck and trailer is so you can tow it to the tip.

Cheers
Benn

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Game set and match, thank you linesmen, thank you ball boys.

Northern Spy said:

"Sea Dove" is an inappropriate name for a boat that... er... ummm... unconventional. It should rightfully be called "My Way".

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Hee Hee!!!

It rivals some that have come crawling onto TF pages. For 1/2 that money you could get a 35 year old 45' TT with twin Lehmans, plugged teak decks, soft core, and no use in the past 5 years. Or better yet a 30 year old 42KK with a wet hull. Or a 1/2 built (baked) catamaran. Or --- the list goes on and on.

As mentioned, nice truck.

Well I happen to like it. It seems to be a very thought out boat. A lot of liveability for a 36 foot boat. Also seems to be heavily built. Ithink it would make a pretty good ICW and Bahamas cruiser.

One Question? Someone was asking how could you access the foredeck in heavy weather? Why the hell would you want to???

Looks like an incredible buy to me subject to CG height, hull design and metal boat considerations.

Look at some of the details like windows and ground tackle. If you could keep her upright and relatively free of corrosion should be a fantastic trawler. No prop walk either.

This boat originated from some person very much out of the box. And it looks to me like most of the comments posted come from individuals that can't even see out of the box much less go there.

I looked again. I like the dry stack exhaust and lots of access to places like around the inside of the aft cockpit. If you looked this boat over I'll bet many other really nice details would surface. Stability and CG would be my main concern. Needs flopper stoppers.

Daddyo says "This is a classic example of an individual not understanding their strengths and more importantly weaknesses." Wow ... that's a real slammer and of course identifies who understands their strengths. I sure hope the boat owner dosn't read this high and mighty stuff.

It's a unique boat no doubt but somebody is going to be a happy new owner. Definitely the queen of the trailerable fleet. Really not a bad concept, east coast west coast gulf coast or Lake Tahoe this boat can do them all. I have no idea why anyone would be "scared" of an 11' beam in a 35' boat Nothing wrong with a 3-1 ratio.

If I read the price right, it is at $140K. For that money there is/was a very nice DeFever 41 for sale in FL with a 3 year old engine, reglassed bottom, good new electronics and a proven blue water cruiser. One offs are a challenge in the market no matter how nice.

I wouldn't care to betcha that the owner of the ID vessel is a pretty bright guy. His vessel may be mission perfect. With that trailer he can really see some great bodies of water in the ID & WA areas without ever seeing salt water. Possibly even greater cruising fun and range than being stuck in the SF Bay area .

sunchaser said:

Possibly even greater cruising fun and range than being stuck in the SF Bay area .

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No need to hide from that Tom

A triple axel trailer may well be in my boats future. That Ralph's 41 hasn't sold yet is a mystery to me. All these new folks claiming to be looking for a well found east coast boat? That DeFever should have sold months ago IMO.