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Same ballpark trawler: 62’ 48tons. Full time live aboards. Anchoring 50% of time from artic norway to southern Med. 75kg Spade SQ240 never fails. Setting and resetting can’t be beaten. Because of led in tip fluke area bit smaller at same weight hence take a bit oversized. Lack of buegel makes it...

Word of warning. We’re live aboards and in winter often see these so called yacht mgmt people around. Typically they start the engines let them idle for 15min, sometimes rev them up in neutral and shut them off. That’s about the worst thing you can do to a diesel engine.

50 ton trawler. 75 kg main spade on 180 meter of chain. 55kg spade as ketch/backup on 50 meter rope. “When they don’t make fun of your oversized anchor, it’s too small”

We just replaced ours on single engine 3" shaft after 14 years 3500 hours. Had the maintenance kit so only belows and some stuff. Inspected the below and it was still in good shape. Could not find any cracks etc. Imho would have been good for many more years. However while the composite stator...

I was wondering about the length of the screw. As I understand it's half an inch long and managed to come out the other side? Not sure about material of the boat and I'm certainly no expert but that seems very thin for a bottom! I know our Selene is on the heavy side but that has 4cm (roughly 1...

We are semi live aboards doing extensive cruising 8 months a year in the Med (no extreme cold starts). Cummins QSC main engine. Normal recommended interval 250 hours, when using ULSD (as I think most of us do by now) fuel, the interval can be doubled to 500 according to Cummins. Based on this we...

I would not sleep at all behind a 35kg CQR :)

Not really. The problem with SS is that you cannot have only a SS anchor, you need everything including chain in SS...at least when you anchor a serious amount of time. Normal 316 SS chain is weak and brittle and does not warn you before it breaks. Galvanized will deform first. SS just breaks...

On our Selene 53 (18m LOA, 50tons) we use a 75 kg (yes that's kilo) Spade. We had a 50kg CQR that I sold to a bobsleigh team as it was sliding on any surface. After that we had a 55kg Spade which we really love. However because I wanted a backup anchor and a ketch anchor the 55 became the ketch...

Thanks for your extensive reply!Apart from the diving equipment our usage seems quite similar. I’d like to draw approx a max of 8kW AC (220v in our case). When not using the same voltage for storage as the normal dc circuit (24v) I wonder why 48v. E.g. why not 72v? Challenges of up and down...

I already thought you did not have a bms from your explanation. I’m obviously far behind you on knowledge about this. Do you have a list of the components brand/model you are using? I have actually never thought about going to 48V as our boat circuit is 24V. However I see your point as I want it...

Impressive! I’m looking into building more ore less the same with 64 280/3.2 cells to create a 24v bank 8P8S. However I’m still struggling on a BMS setup for such a bank. What brand/model(s) will you use?

Welcome Octaman! from Gaios on Paxos at the moment :) We've been travelling the Eastern Med the last couple of years. Check mrbean2.com for more info. Hope to meet you somewhere around your beautiful country! Cheers, André Huizing

A purist would say that deadrise is not a relevant topic on a Trawler forum as it is only relevant on (semi)planing hulls. In the 60s the introduction of Deep-V hulls was kind of a revolution in offhore (rough water) racing. When introducing this hull form in pleasure craft the design was...

I've had and worked on these engines. A few remarks on several comments above: - 3208 are non-sleeved. They actually were called throw away engines. However when maintained they last very long. - Highest rating is 450hp. Anything above the 375s I would think twice about. - In the 425/435 series...

Agree on all said about getting a knowledgeable person who is emotionally detached. Remember most trouble with boats start with leakages. Wether engine, plumbing, windows, running gear etc. Never underestimate the tiniest leakage tracks, they typically indicate bills to come. Specifically on...

My wife and I live on our boat around 8 months of the year and cruise the Med at the moment. We (in this case lazy me) decided on replacing our brilliant diBlasi folding bikes we had for >15 years for e-bikes when we cruised up to the north of Norway 3 years ago...and we could not find any flat...

Most trawlers have highest windage up front, but even more important: the deepest part of the keel far aft. Hence the bow is picking up wind and moves easily while the stern is planted more firmly. On our Selene we rig the stabilizing sail to dampen this skating. Another solution is a line tied...

I'm afraid there's no such thing as a "written reference on river anchoring" or at least I haven't seen anything resembling that description yet. Nor is there a training program covering this. The training program for a Rhine skipper is enormously extensive and tedious (e.g. you need to be able...

Talking about opening a can of worms Irish Rambler! :-) This discussion could fill a category by itself. Having traveled the world a lot I think the climate is changing at an alarming speed. Talk to natives in the extremes like alaska, terra del fuego etc and you get a frightening picture...

The eternal question :-) My addition to all the good advice above is: either go for fast or slow, not some compromise "semi displacement" hull form. I have been boating (also sailing) all my life. Our previous boats have been fast full planing boats for the reasons you mentioned (Sea Rays...

Somebody who says he has travelled (and learned) enough is dead imho :-) This substrate is not uncommon in upper and middle reaches of fast flowing mountain fed rivers. Basically anything smaller than pebbles is washed to the lower reaches. In Holland (the lower Rhine Delta) it's mostly sand and...

Hi Chris, The bottom is large pebbles and rocks. The Spade will work and might even be one of the best "pleasure boat style latest gen anchors" as it will typically dig in deeper than a fluke style anchor. However holding in this substrate is always doubtful. Hence the real question is: would...

Hello Henning, Of course I get the point that you're in the middle of it and need to go forward. When I said: Don't anchor in the Rhine at low water I did not automatically implied going into marina's (for whatever reason). Most of the time it is possible to raft up against barges and the...

Pfew...thanks for the support (instead of the forum falling over me) :-) On the subject of anchors to open another can of worms: pleasure boat anchors are hardly usable on pebble/rocky bottom under high strain as it will be on a fast flowing river with the additional, and often heavily...