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12-21-2020, 05:16 PM
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Veteran Member
City: toronto
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 47
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Any trashy Trawlers out there?
As a new dreamer of one day owning a trawler I am put off by seeing all these fantastic looking boats. Does anyone have a trashier looking trawler? I'm the kind of guy who buys older cars and trucks and gets them on the road 'fast' and just works on them while driving them. I end up selling them for way less than I put into them but it's the whole learning process I like. With all these great looking trawlers all I can think of is "I will never be able to afford that". So I guess what i'm trying to say is there any Trawlers out there that look like crap but have good internals?
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12-21-2020, 05:36 PM
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Guru
City: Warwick RI
Vessel Name: Lollygag
Vessel Model: 34 Mainship Pilot Hardtop
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 762
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Oh this will be a great thread.
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12-21-2020, 05:52 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 10,904
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There are trawlers from the 80's and earlier that can be had inexpensively and need some TLC. What will be important is knowing the difference between TLC and Trainwreck. It's all about knowing when to walk away and when to run away.
Welcome to the forum!
Ted
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12-21-2020, 05:57 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 9,396
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One piece of advice and then I will sit back and read.
NO WOODEN HULL BOATS
End of my advice.
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The meek will inherit the earth but, the brave will inherit the seas.
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12-21-2020, 05:57 PM
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Guru
City: Long island
Vessel Model: Eastern
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 500
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12-21-2020, 06:15 PM
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Guru
City: Seattle
Vessel Name: AZZURRA
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 54
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 3,050
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Oh boy! The boat you want is a fine line away from the boat you don’t won’t.
If you have mechanical skills. You want the boat that has every option imaginable but nothing works except the engines and transmissions. If this boat has soft decks and dry rot move on.
If you have carpenter skills then you want the boat that everything works but some one paid big money to customize the interior to their eclectic desires and now the boat won’t work for a normal condition.
If you have none of these skills then you want an estate boat that has been sitting for years unattended because the owner lost his health but not his desire.
If you can’t afford any of these move on, you can’t afford the maintenance.
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12-21-2020, 06:16 PM
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Guru
City: Southport, FL near Panama City
Vessel Name: FROLIC
Vessel Model: Mainship 30 Pilot II since 2015. GB-42 1986-2015. Former Unlimited Tonnage Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,217
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The OP speaks of finding a sad looker with "good internals." My problem with this approach is that more than likely a boat with poor curb appeal will have an equally poor looking interior and poor mechanical maintenance. The "bones" as some call the hull structure might be ok, but the boat would not be something that could be "put on the road quickly."
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FROLIC (2005 MainShip 30 Pilot II)
Panama City area
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12-21-2020, 06:30 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
There are trawlers from the 80's and earlier that can be had inexpensively and need some TLC. What will be important is knowing the difference between TLC and Trainwreck. It's all about knowing when to walk away and when to run away.
Welcome to the forum!
Ted
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We lucked out and it worked for us 
There's the same view out the windows of a $30,000 boat as a $3,000,000 boat.
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12-21-2020, 06:52 PM
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Guru
City: Warwick RI
Vessel Name: Lollygag
Vessel Model: 34 Mainship Pilot Hardtop
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 762
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We looked at a pilot 34 that was a mess inside but engine looked good. To me this would have been a project but I worry what the PO had ignored that I could not see?
Good luck
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12-21-2020, 06:55 PM
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Guru
City: Long island
Vessel Model: Eastern
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 500
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Ok so you don’t like that one. How about this one. Just need a little TLC
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12-21-2020, 07:09 PM
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Guru
City: Queensland
Vessel Model: Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 4,157
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MurrayM
We lucked out and it worked for us
There's the same view out the windows of a $30,000 boat as a $3,000,000 boat. |
Worked for us as well, same view out the windows of a $100,000 boat as a $3,000,000 boat
Quote:
Originally Posted by OldDan1943
One piece of advice and then I will sit back and read.
NO WOODEN HULL BOATS
End of my advice.
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Glad we never took your advice 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tiltrider1
If this boat has soft decks and dry rot move on.
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We got some soft decks and dry rot
No biggy and reasonably easy fix
All cosmetics, not structural
Cost of repair was very well compensated for in almost give away price
Quote:
Originally Posted by tiltrider1
If you have none of these skills then you want an estate boat that has been sitting for years unattended because the owner lost his health but not his desire.
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This is how ours got cosmetically run down
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Originally Posted by rgano
The OP speaks of finding a sad looker with "good internals." My problem with this approach is that more than likely a boat with poor curb appeal will have an equally poor looking interior and poor mechanical maintenance. The "bones" as some call the hull structure might be ok, but the boat would not be something that could be "put on the road quickly."
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Ours looked very sad externally, opened seams, rotten bulwarks bad enough that hawse pipes had fallen out, exterior varnish shot, covered in bird shit and dirt.
No one had enough vision to see past that
Internally she was fine, we were out of the water and back in using her inside two weeks, working on her as we live/cruise as the OP suggests he would.
Sand the shot varnish, rolled in brown paint.
4 years on and no issues that wouldn't be found on any vessel used full time over that timeframe.
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12-21-2020, 07:12 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 9,396
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Arc
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The owner died or perhaps forgot where he parked the boat?
A good washing and the rest will buff right out. LOL
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The meek will inherit the earth but, the brave will inherit the seas.
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12-21-2020, 07:14 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 15,277
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Greetings,
Mr. f. Welcome aboard if I missed you eh? Are you asking because you don't have a big budget or because you like the work/challenge? What is your budget and desired size?
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RTF
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12-21-2020, 07:18 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 25,388
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Some of us have boats with workboat maintenance ( capable of safely functioning every day) with nice workboat finish level in and out ( or getting there).
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12-21-2020, 07:21 PM
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Guru
City: Warwick RI
Vessel Name: Lollygag
Vessel Model: 34 Mainship Pilot Hardtop
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 762
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Couple cans of paint and a good scrubbing will be top of the fleet
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12-21-2020, 07:23 PM
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Guru
City: Oconto, WI
Vessel Name: Best Alternative
Vessel Model: 36 Albin Aft Cabin
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 2,152
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Nothing more expensive than a cheap or free boat.
pete
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12-21-2020, 07:28 PM
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Veteran Member
City: toronto
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 47
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I guess I should have been clearer in my original post. I'm actually looking for pics from owners who have a 'work in progress' boat. Maybe a few before and after pis. I'm looking for an older boat in reasonable shape that may look like a bad movie prop but can still fire up and cruise away. I really have no budget in mind yet as I am about 5 years away from retirement. I was just wondering if all boats look so good as the ones I've seen here.
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12-21-2020, 07:29 PM
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Guru
City: Saint Petersburg
Vessel Name: Weebles
Vessel Model: 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 3,704
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As a guy who is finishing the restoration of a 50 year old boat, I would advise to spend as much time thinking about where to stop as where to start. This forum is a wealth of knowledge on identifying the expensive items - fuel tanks and teak decks being two.
Im not talking about making a profit. Far from it. Talking about only being upside down by 50%-100%.
Good luck. You'll need it if you move forward
Peter
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1970 Willard 36 Sedan Trawler
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12-21-2020, 07:44 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Oops...didn't mean to imply we bought ours for $30,000 
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12-21-2020, 08:03 PM
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Guru
City: Southport, FL near Panama City
Vessel Name: FROLIC
Vessel Model: Mainship 30 Pilot II since 2015. GB-42 1986-2015. Former Unlimited Tonnage Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,217
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I don't have one, but I have enjoyed the view from very expensive vessels, and IMHO it is VERY different from the view from mine. not Better? Maybe, maybe not; depends on my mood, I guess.
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Rich Gano
FROLIC (2005 MainShip 30 Pilot II)
Panama City area
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