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[Arthuritis]

Hi all you trawler folk. I joined this forum because we are planning to buy a trawler - getting too rickety for yanking sails up and cranking winches.We are looking for a trawler for a hair under 100K if possible. Prices have gone wild, so it's pushing us to look at older boats, or possibly stretch our limit a bit. Any helpful 'shopping' pointers most welcome. Only constraints we have are no twin engine boats and galley and salon should be on the same level. Cheers, Arthuritis.

 

[Comodave]

Welcome aboard. Good luck with your search.

 

[Peter B]

Yes, welcome to TF, and having once been a sailboater, (downunder we'd call it being a yachtie), I can confirm that trawlering is much less labour intensive. That's when talking about actually being underway. When it comes to maintenance - not so much.

 

[Moonfish]

Welcome aboard! And as a former (reformed?) sailor, welcome to "the dark side"...