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Old 01-07-2016, 09:27 PM   #189
Paul Swanson
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City: Ventura CA
Vessel Name: Proud Mary
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Marin,

You have defended your position concerning the name “trawler” eloquently. However, I think you have a fixation on the use of the boat rather than a description of the type of boat. If a fishing trawler is converted to a yacht is it no longer a trawler? Its configuration is the same but its purpose has changed.

Almost everyone knows what a fighter jet is. If the guns are removed and it is privately flown, isn’t “fighter jet “ still a good description of the airplane? Likewise, is a recreational vehicle being used as an office no longer an RV because it does not go camping? Pickup truck, school bus, airliner, ocean liner and assault rifle are all terms that describe a type as well as a use.

As I said in a previous post, one origin of the use of the term trawler for yachts is Art deFever’s early designs based of his successful fishing trawlers. This was not a marketing strategy. People called them trawlers because they were actually trawlers that were built as yachts and not fishing boats.

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