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10-14-2014, 10:21 PM
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Senior Member
City: Knoxville
Vessel Name: Pura Vida
Vessel Model: 08 Meridian 490 Pilothouse
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 316
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My boat is not a trawler but we travel at trawler speed to save fuel. healhustler I like that Searay Trawler picture.
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10-14-2014, 10:38 PM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,307
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Welcome aboard. Like FF said it a lifestyle. The hardware you use is fun to talk about but the most important thing is to get out on the water.
Normally at this point I throw in a warning about RTF, but you've already met him.
(Nice one RTF. Best Ever!)
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Parks Masterson
Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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10-15-2014, 04:17 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,101
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Originally Posted by gregarious
I bought a non-trawler almost a year ago based on price, condition, and quality and I know some of you are going to laugh because it's a 1996 Sea Ray 44 Express Bridge. We had looked for a long time and made several offers on displacement or semi-displacement boats but they were all older and in need of either a lot of TLC or reconditioning. This was $82K and for that it is beautifully equipped. But here's the Trawler part. I found that it runs just great on one engine (Cat 3116) at 1300 rpm, 7.8 knots and 2 gph. And helming from the enclosed flybridge means we hear no engine noise. I do switch engines every 30 minutes to keep the stuffing boxes cool and alternate wear. The auto pilot keeps course just fine although the rudders are about half cranked over but the hull itself crabs almost nil.
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Truth be told…none of us has a literal trawler, although a minority might be converted fishing trawlers. They are power boats, (as opposed to sail powered), and more correctly they are sometimes referred to as 'trawler style' power boats, (a term I prefer myself), because of a variable similarity to the basic true trawler's hull shape.
Essentially the forum is for people who are into powered boats, as opposed to sailboats, who are well catered for on other forums. Many of us have been both, so there is some cross-pollination, but in the main that's the diff.
So…if you don't have to throw a reef in the main every time the wind gets up, (jeez I don't miss that one bit), here is where you belong…and are welcome.
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10-15-2014, 04:29 AM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,559
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter B
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So…if you don't have to throw a reef in the main every time the wind gets up, (jeez I don't miss that one bit), here is where you belong…and are welcome.
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As often as not, "sailboats" traveling outside of marinas are using an engine and operate as motorized vessels.
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10-15-2014, 04:36 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,101
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Yes…eggzactly Mark, because they don't want to have to throw a reef in the main…at 24 hours notice even...
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10-15-2014, 05:05 AM
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Guru
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 22,553
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As often as not, "sailboats" traveling outside of marinas are using an engine and operate as motorized vessels.
However once outside , or in a straight stretch inshore ,the rags het unrolled , the engine is secured and cruising in silence is worth the effort.
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10-15-2014, 05:14 AM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,559
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FF
As often as not, "sailboats" traveling outside of marinas are using an engine and operate as motorized vessels.
However once outside , or in a straight stretch inshore ,the rags het unrolled , the engine is secured and cruising in silence is worth the effort.
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That's not my observation.
That's to my disappointment, because a boat under sail is wondrous.
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10-15-2014, 08:08 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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And then the sailboats that do the loop and don't even take the sails along for the ride. Demast before they start the trip.
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10-15-2014, 08:14 AM
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Guru
City: gulf coast
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 3,440
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How hard the AP has to work on one engine depends on speed. At 7 knots and below mine is fine much above that it struggles. A lot depends on boat design. Size and separation of rudders being a big factor.
Indeed each tranny design is different. For my 301 models ZF recommended switching engines every few hours and keeping trans temps below 140F.
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10-16-2014, 11:11 AM
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 16
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autopilot
There are five bars either side of middle on my Ray AP display indicating rudder angle. With one engine, it shows three bars. If I try to use one engine from dead slow, it is very hard to get the boat to go in any sort of straight line until it's up to 5 knots. So I don't engage the AP until at least that speed. Then the course corrections seem the same as with two engines so I don't think it is harming the unit. In rough seas, different story. And I would be using two engines then anyway.
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10-16-2014, 12:17 PM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 28,147
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Most APs are adjustable for a pretty wide range of variables...many just aren't good at a wide variety of conditions at one setting.
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10-16-2014, 04:58 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: St. Marks, Florida
Vessel Name: Morgan
Vessel Model: Gulfstar 36
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,673
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HopCar
(Nice one RTF. Best Ever!)
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Nice one, agreed. But best ever? Um . . . there have been some pretty good ones in the past, so I'm not too sure about best ever.
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10-16-2014, 06:01 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,563
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Greetings,
Mr. jw. Don't worry about Mr. HC. He has his weak moments and is easily amused...The best is always the next one...
Or the one after that or.......
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10-17-2014, 04:16 PM
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Guru
City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,196
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pura Vida
My boat is not a trawler but we travel at trawler speed to save fuel. healhustler I like that Searay Trawler picture.
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Yeah, I ended up liking it too, quite surprising. Of course, switching hulls and houses do nothing for the interior, but it is interesting. The example you're talking about was a Searay house on a Hatteras LRC hull. It got me to wondering. How would the sleek style of something like a Searay go on a really frumpy, full displacement hull like the Krogen Manatee.
Voila, the Mana-Ray!
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Larry
"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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10-17-2014, 04:24 PM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Okisollo
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 783
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You now have a boat that looks at you with "squinted eyes" and snarls "Don't mess with ME "
Ted
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10-17-2014, 04:47 PM
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#36
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,307
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Larry, I thought the Mana-Ray would be awful, but it's not.
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Parks Masterson
Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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10-17-2014, 10:33 PM
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Guru
City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,196
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HopCar
Larry, I thought the Mana-Ray would be awful, but it's not.
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Mee too. But it just goes to show that when you put a box atop a graceful line, it's probably not going to be graceful anymore. Frankly, I prefer more squared lines than Searays exhibit, but even with the blimpy Manatee hull, those lines kept to a reasonable profile actually work.
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Larry
"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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10-17-2014, 11:52 PM
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#38
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 12,569
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Pleasure Boats, PLEASURE Boats, PLEASURE BOATS!
Be em single or double screw. Displacement or planing. Motor boat, sail boat, motor sailer... That's Whats We All Gots! "Pleasure Boats"!!
Happy Pleasure Boating Daze!
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