Hi Rob,A true trawler? Hmmmmm Lots of these guys have said wonderful things about my Willy. Willards are not overlooked here Rob. But are Willards more of a trawler than others? Sounds like you're saying that a trawler w the greatest draft, the biggest engine w the lowest hp, the longest range and styling that says "deep sea long range boat" is more "trawler" than others. You're probably right. But why do you say TRUE trawler. There's a strong implication there that there must be many out there that aren't really trawlers. There's only one person here that was accused of not having a trawler and he will be the only one that remembers it but I thought about it from time to time and came to the conclusion that he possessed a real and true trawler. There are trawlers that spec as more of a trawler than Willards and there are many trawlers here that hardly spec out as a trawler at all or/and don't look hardly at all like a trawler. I think there's a possibility that the heavy trawlers like Willards and Fishers are more "serious" trawlers and their owners or skippers are more boat and voyage oriented and aspire to longer voyaging w more emphasis on navigation and preparedness than anchoring in Desolation Sound sitting around in bathing suits eating and swimming in the sun. Our good fellow moderator has a Mainship Pilot 30 that I thought was'nt a trawler for most of the time I've been here but I've firmly changed my mind. The Pilot is styled after lobster boats to be sure and they have a solid rep as a sea kindly design and it is diesel powered.
I'm not sure HE even considers it a trawler but it is. It would need to look more like a Bayliner or Sea Ray to be not trawler. OK, so we've got the trawlers that don't spec strongly as a trawler and then we've got the Krogens, Diesel Ducks, Willards and Delfin's boat (Romsdall?). Here's what I've been working up to. Perhaps the "true" trawlers are the Chbs, Marine Traders, Monks, Nordic Tugs, GBs, Island Gypsys, Sundowners and others. The dictionary is no help "a boat that does trawlering ". But if one hauled people in off the street (or farm fields) showed them pics of our boats here on TF and asked them to identify the trawlers I have a sneaking suspicion they would point to the Chbs and Marine Traders. Look at your last picture Rob * *..Your Willard looks more like a fishing boat or a passagemaker than a trawler. Wish I could afford it too.
-- Edited by nomadwilly on Friday 31st of December 2010 01:16:01 PM