Recent content by J. Lafitte

Fair enough. Thanks.

Ok lemme rephrase what I’m asking. Which manufactures are the McGregors of trawlers?

By upping my pricing window to 90K it only adds 3 boats to the mix all of them Grand Banks Classics. The GBC is on the very upper limit of my bridge clearance window. I am well aware of condition condition condition but my two main concerns are hull integrity and remaining main and auxiliary...

I did a market survey today using the moreboats.com platform. I looked at all of the 36' trawlers with an aft cabin layout on the US east coast. The search yielded 33 boats on the market with 13 of the 33 made by Grand Banks. Applied filters using my max price of 75K leaving 21 of 33 boats...

Amen

It’s not just you. I can barely get a broker to give a reply past... “just come on down”.... pardon me sir but before I jump on a plane perhaps we could converse a bit, thanks.... sales is about building relationship. Buying a cruising boat has become more like buying a car rather than a home at...

GFC; She will change over if she wants to go with me to South East Asia, Oceania, and the south seas when I retire in 7 years :) Greg; thank you for inquiry. Our budget is a bit flexible. I suppose I am looking for value above all and just enough boat to do what we need it to do. If I could...

I had one on my Morgan 41 Out Island and I recently built an off-grid cabin with a Natures Head. This will be my first upgrade once we close on a trawler.

Hi everyone. My girlfriend and I have decided to cruise the east and gulf coasts of N.A. for a couple years starting in November of this 2019. I am taking a two year assignment with a two week on two week off schedule so we plan to cruise in the off time. She is new to the nautical lifestyle so...