Trawler Quest

My search is over, Today I signed papers for a 36' Marine Trader double cabin trawler. Im exhausted after boarding boats from Miami to Galvaston. It was worth the effort as she is perfect. Now the fun can start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BB

Nice, congratulations! I had my heart set on a Marine Trader 36 or Albin 36, but then I stumbled across my Marine Trader 43, and couldn't pass up the deal. Where is your boat located? What year? Pictures?

Thank You. I havent taken any pictures yet,but these are from the ad.

Looks great! Congrats!
Where did you find her?
Steve W

Man That is a sharp boat!!! Good Luck with her and hope you have many years of boating on her!!!Bill

Thanks,found her in Cape Coral,Fla. She has really been loved and it shows. All I need is a dink and off I go.BB

BB,* Good Luck with your new vessel.* She looks beautiful and I am sure you are going to have a great time with her.

Happy Honeymoon!* and Serious Congrats!* JohnP

Thanks, Iam really happy,BB

doing a survey/sea trial or did you already close?

Congrats!!

Gongrats Bill she looks like a beautiful boat! Have fun.

She has a recent survey and we are doing sea trail Mon. with my surveyer, he turned me on to the little ship, so all is well. BB

cool!! Congrats! Are you going to keep her stateside or are you taking her down to Belize? If so, are you going to transport her or go under her own power down the coast?

BB,I was looking at a C&L 37 on YW and was a bit standoffish with it as I saw in the pics that the bow ran down w a big bow wave and the stern ran high w her (painted) WL high. Then I noticed others doing the same thing and never figured out why some boats did this * * ...or appeared to. But since you are about to buy this one and it's at least a little down in the bow*(visually at least) I'd ask around and see if you can find out why this is. Sorry if this is water on your party. I have one possible theory about this and that is that it may be an issue w the single engined boats only. The engines could be further aft than one would think and the design could have been made as a twin engined boat only and the manufacturer just decided to offer a single engined version of the boat on his own without calculating the new CG or consulting the designer. The change in CG may be all there is to it. But it's hard for me to imagine how that could be. I would think the twin to single change would not change the trim much at all but there are lots of boats that appear to be bow down. Lots of fish boats are seen in this state but no need to wonder about them as it's obvious their fish holds are aft and far from full. Anyway since you're not closing till Monday at least you could find out about this. Could be just an optical illusion on my part.

congrats... she looks beautiful!

BB:* Good looking boat! (I don't see a problem with the way she sits at the waterline.)

superdiver wrote:LOVE the bow roller. I am going to steal that design for mine....

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If you have a Bruce, Claw or knockoffs of either, it's the only way to go.


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Ill run her around here for a while ,see what I can break. The Ill drive her to Belize.BB

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Ill run her around here for a while ,see what I can break. The Ill drive her to Belize.BB

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********* BB,* Doe's she have a Ford Lehman 120?* If so you might want to check out the past threads about the differences between the Jabsco and the Johnson raw water pump.** Before you head off to Belize I would probably make sure I had the newer Johnson Pump.**

Take care** JohnP

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I will, thanks for the heads up. BB

Congrats BB!* I know the hull and engine well, she'll take care of you. Check with Brian at American Diesel before you head off into the wild blue yonder about the recommended services on the lehman ie: coolers and heat exchanger, etc..

NW,
As to the classics riding bow down I'm sure it's a matter of the forward cabin and tanks not full. I can run dry and keep a nice trim but the aft cabins need that extra ballast in the aft section. No worries.

What is the ground tackle? *All chain?

Lots of weight in the locker.

SD

It must be an empty tank condition. Here's a pic of Willy early in the spring w enpty water tanks. Willy's only a 30' boat and she carries 100 gallons of water all the way aft. This pic was taken early in the spring on a year that I pickled the boat leaving her water tanks empty. You can clearly see she's bow down in this picture. And in this picture I think I'm at WOT which should push her bow up a bit too. Don't like to be in following seas w a light stern so I keep those water tanks full.

Very nice vessel, BB.* She looks very well cared for.

Superdiver, PM sent.

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Thanks all, The PO has just added 150' chain to her and there is very little water in her tanks, fuel is low as well .BB