The thread is a "tug" imo.
"Tug" works well too.
The thread is a "tug" imo.
[Not a Site Team opinion]
The thread is a "tug" imo.
[Not a Site Team opinion]
Wonder if "tug" has the same colloquial meaning on the west side of the Pacific?Exactly Bruce!
Wonder if "tug" has the same colloquial meaning on the west side of the Pacific?
Provided entertainment again, Well I've owned both and agree with you. And thank God when Hatteras described my boat they called a long range cruiser, and last time I checked Hatteras is in the US. I might have been duped into buying a one of those work boat wannabes built in the far east.
Tug? Don't mention that to Marin.
My commercial fishing buddy trawls. If I tow his boat while he's trawling, with my T******, does that make my boat a Tug and a Trawler?
Ted
Marin wrote;
"I have seen a plastic playtoy boat outfitted as a commercial troller however"
Fine for protected waters close in but the real fish are 20 miles out. One needs a boat w a stern much like this one for that.
I blame Romsdal.
Marin wrote;
"I have seen a plastic playtoy boat outfitted as a commercial troller however"
Fine for protected waters close in but the real fish are 20 miles out. One needs a boat w a stern much like this one for that.
How seriously does Nordhavn market their vessels as "trawlers"?
How seriously does Nordhavn market their vessels as "trawlers"?
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I know I don't own a trawler! It is a diesel pilothouse cruiser that can run at trawler speeds and get over 2 mpg or run at 20mph plus and get less than 1 mph. I chose my boat for pleasure, comfort, reliability (twins) and speed. Since I still work and spend limited time on the boat, I don’t think twice about running the generator 24/7 while needed or running at 20 to make happy hour. When I look at my boat budget fuel is not on the top. Thanks to this forum; I know that I don’t have the right anchor and am now trying to figure out how to add a second anchor.
Seems to suggest that language is a living, evolving entity, subject to change dependent on common usage.
and to think little old me started this whole thing because I was happy that I could out run a patch of potentially rough water in our 4788.
Even if I had a FD boat I would not call it a trawler. People ask what kind of boat I have and I tell them its a three bedroom, two bath house on the water. They understand that.