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Old 07-01-2015, 11:59 PM   #128
Grae
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City: Hobsonville, Auckland
Vessel Name: Nordic Blue
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Originally Posted by Brisyboy View Post
Hmmmm............maybe because I`m hanging upside down on the bottom half of the earth my perspective is a little odd, but I cannot for the life of me see why we cling so desperately to the idea that our boats have a resemblance, either physically of performance wise to a working boat so beautifully described by Marin.

As I said in another thread "trawlers" are commercial fishing boats - normally with a high bow and minimal deck house situated well forward and huge aft working deck. Our IG 36 has a high bow but that's the only characteristic we share. I value this forum and check it daily but I`m afraid to say that our boat is and will always be a .....displacement cruiser. Sorry.

I also accept that the "Displacement Cruiser Forum" doesn`t have the same ring...

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Hi Brisyboy,
Down here in NZ any power boat that is not trailerable tends to be referred to as "Launch" possibly inherited from the mother country (UK). They also definitely have a saloon (not a salon - that's where we have our hair rearranged). I wonder if the saloon became the "salon" due to the bad rep of saloons carrying over from the wild west in the USA?
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