View Single Post
Old 07-30-2016, 02:27 PM   #1
SteveJan
Member
 
City: Crofton, MD
Vessel Name: Able Explorer
Vessel Model: Nimble Nomad
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 6
North Pacific 49/52 for live aboard and possible cruising to Belize

Hi ! My wife and I are seriously considering selling the house, buying a live aboard trawler and cruising - definitely the ICW, canals, Bahamas/Carribean and maybe Belize & Central America. We’re trying to balance livability, since it will be our home, and performance to support what we “may” want to do in cruising. For those who have cruised trawlers over to the islands and down to Central America, with proper caution and no schedule drivers, what might be the issues with taking an North Pacific 49 down there for weeks or months? Is there a huge performance gain to be had by considering something like a Kadey-Krogen North Sea instead ? And how are the NP trawlers considered on retaining value? Our initial inclination between the NP and KK would be the NP if it “has the right stuff” to do the cruising, but we're looking for what we don't know.

Any insights would be greatly appreciated !
SteveJan is offline   Reply With Quote