Sure 10nmpg is great , but 10-12 hours to go 50nm is less fun .
Not odd at all. It's easy to travel faster and not realize what you're missing. You see and experience so much more at a relaxed pace. Enjoy the journey; the destination will be there whenever you arrive!I guess I'm a very odd duck on the Trawler Forum because I love life at 5-6 knots and 1/2 gph. The journey for me is the best part of owning a trawler!
It's easy to travel faster and not realize what you're missing. You see and experience so much more at a relaxed pace.
I wanted a slow boat!! Life is moving too fast as it is!
No, you are absolutely wrong. My current fastest boat does 28 knots. The fastest boat I ever owned would do over 60 knots. I know all about the difference between fast and slow. Traveling up a river, for each mile you travel, you will see more individual things at 7 knots than 60 knots. Furthermore, at 60 knots you focus more on directly what's in your path as nothing has time to get out of your way and hard object can potentially sink your boat.Everybody says that-- at least everybody who has a slow boat-- but it's totally untrue. We have three boats, the slowest having an 8 knot cruise, the fastest having a 30-plus knot cruise. We "see and experience" just as much in the fast boats as in the slow one. Sometimes more because we cover more ground.
This notion that in a fast boat you're hanging on for dear life while the world whizzes by in a blur is rubbish. Most of the really cool things weve seen on or in the water lately have been from the fast boats. We slow down if we want, when we see whatever it is that attracts our attention. That's the great thing about a fast boat; it goes slow, too. Where the only thing a slow boat can do is go even slower.
Beginning of a fast cruise:
(With cabin stewards, waitresses. bartenders, and chefs, live entertainment, library, and all the other creature comforts.)
Here we are at 17 knots, holding on for dear life. The boat will go faster than this but 17 knots is our cruising speed. (Unless we see something of interest, then we slow down to 8-10 knots and enjoy the scenery.)This notion that in a fast boat you're hanging on for dear life while the world whizzes by in a blur is rubbish..... That's the great thing about a fast boat; it goes slow, too.
Traveling up a river, for each mile you travel, you will see more individual things at 7 knots than 60 knots.
Shame you didn't have a better understanding of your needs when you bought your cabin cruier.
We've since remedied this but that boat is not here so we still have to tolerate cruising like a glacier in this part of the world. Granted, its certainly much better than not cruising at all but it's still not ideal for us. We are looking forward to the day when this, too, is remedied.
I guess it depends on why you have a boat. When I'm out on the boat I'm already at my destination - out on the water.
Entertainment......
Hi, I'm new to this forum and am building a small "trawler", or more appropriately, I'm converting one from an ex-USCG 26ft motor whaleboat. I've installed a 23hp Kubota diesel and am in the process of building a modest cabin and pilothouse. It has Capilano hydraulic steering Simrad auto pilot, Furuno radar, GPS, and sounder and a laptop with plotter program. I hope to have it in the water by September and head south.
I guess it depends on why you have a boat. When I'm out on the boat I'm already at my destination - out on the water.