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As some of you may recall, we joined Trawler Forum to bask in the collective warmth of all your knowledge and experience to assist us in our quest to purchase a Trawler and do "The Loop". I have thoroughly read "Boat Search 101" and have done the steps that have narrowed down our search to a...

Actually, the search really began years ago when I first heard about "The Great Loop". But, we're getting older and many of our travel goals have been met and now seems to be the time. In the next few weeks we will be looking at several trawlers. Some are for sale be their owners and some are...

Hello all, Whilst Googling a boat part today, I came across this interesting link to a 1979 Boating magazine that had reviews of a LOT of the boats I have been lusting for. Hope the link works - scroll down to page 49 for the beginning of the reviews or read it from the top - interesting...

Hello All, It's Monday, we've all had, hopefully, a very good and relaxing weekend. Time for my next question of the week. When we do eventually settle on a trawler of our very own, my understanding is, it will very likely be equipped with a waste diversion or Y-valve. This valve seems to cause...

Hi All, "Hopefully-not-naive newbie" here with my hopefully not naive question of the week. While I have been closely following the various "boarding" threads that deal with, basically, how to behave during a boarding, there has not been much said about the "why". Why, exactly, are random...

Hello All, Newbie here with a question that has really been bothering me. Ancillary to many threads dealing with speed, number of engines, prop. pitch, etc. are comments referring to getting "waked". While getting "waked" is fairly common whilst cruising around in our small runabout during a...

Hello All, I am new to this Forum and this will be my first official question. I have waited until Mon. so you all will be calm, fit and fully rested (and, hopefully, patient). Our first boat (as mentioned in my intro.) was a 30-ft. Clipper Marine sailboat. It was an odd boat in that while it...

Hello All, I'm a long time lurker on this site and have to say......you all are the greatest! Opinions may vary - but it is all good info. I had earlier joined a "Trawler" group that actually cost $$$ to join and purported to offer "lots" of info. I could not get them to cough up any opinion to...