Why? - Page 3

FF · 02-17-2018, 06:51 AM

Why Not?

Willo B · 02-17-2018, 08:02 AM

I came looking for info on trawlers before buying, now spend more time learning, upgrading and keeping this one going from the knowledge gained here.

sdowney717 · 02-17-2018, 08:09 AM

I post here to see what experiences others have and to share fixes I have done.

Mkeller · 02-17-2018, 09:17 AM

Info on repair and maintenance of an old Chinese made boat with all red wiring...

OldDan1943 · 02-17-2018, 09:25 AM

This is a support group for trawler owners.

Mkeller · 02-17-2018, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by OldDan1943

This is a support group for trawler owners.

Kind of like group therapy?

OldDan1943 · 02-17-2018, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Mkeller

Kind of like group therapy?

+1

TONTOROSS · 02-17-2018, 09:43 AM

Most days I don't look at TF. Today, I was telling my wife how much knowledge, the biography's of the people who post their thoughts & how to here. I've learned quite a bit from you folks - thank you. I'm here to get ideas & how other TF's come up with solutions for the same problem - no anchors!!

Lou_tribal · 02-17-2018, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FF

Why Not?

You win! I was wondering why nobody answered this yet lol

L

Sugardog · 02-17-2018, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Russell Clifton

Even though I have been boating 50+ years, I can always learn something new here. Until a few weeks ago I had no idea my hot water tank had a anode in it. Now I have it on my schedule to check yearly. It's also fun to pass on what I have learned to the new guys.

I also need to check every day to see what's new in the anchor world.

My daddy told me “everyone you’ll ever meet knows something you don’t”.

Wayfarer · 02-17-2018, 03:24 PM

I'm just a boat nerd who likes being around other boat nerds. I'm in between boats at the moment, and might be for a while, so this is my marina community dock talk fix.

I've tried several other places, and this community is the friendliest and most cohesive I've found.

Thanks for having me!

Fletcher500 · 02-17-2018, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sugardog

My daddy told me “everyone you’ll ever meet knows something you don’t”.

Copy that. Its the people who never ask questions, and think they have everything figured out, often don't. Learning shouldn't end at a certain age.

LongStoryGB36 · 02-17-2018, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fletcher500

Copy that. Its the people who never ask questions, and think they have everything figured out, often don't. Learning shouldn't end at a certain age.

How about simply a group of like minded people with a shared interest? An opportunity to discuss something important to us that is not off base like religion or politics, unless we discuss anchors, single vs twin, guns on board or oil vs natural teak decks.

Most of all it’s an information exchange, the opportunity to learn from other what worked and what didn’t. Keeps us from having to repeat mistakes, and move more quickly to finished projects. (Boy is wish someone had the source for the felt window tracks on our 40
Year old Grand Banks. For us, we watch ‘‘tis site, Grand Banks Owners, and America Great Loop site, as well as the Great Lakes grand bank group.

It’s all about what we love. Why do some people watch sports all weekend, and then follow the recap news all week? I’d rather know how to get my engine to last 5,000 hours The Who the next head coach of anything is...

Than again that’s me and boats are my life

Eddie · 02-17-2018, 10:27 PM

I found this forum about this time last year when we started getting serious about buying a boat. This forum played a huge role in our search, purchase and then use of our boat. The answers to our questions have been very kind and helpful. We are at St. Augustine Marina tonight after an amazing 80 degree day and sitting on our boat having drinks and cigars so I feel a very special love and gratitude to all those who helped us here over the past year.

Art · 02-17-2018, 11:38 PM

Boat Porn! Why else!!!

Hundreds of sexy boat photos and thousands of [occasionally salacious] posts.

Happy Boat-Chat Daze! - Art

cardude01 · 02-18-2018, 12:14 AM

I use the forum mostly as a group knowledge source. I’m still pretty much a novice even though I’ve owned this boat a few years. I’m constantly running into things I don’t know how to fix, and the good people here always come through with the correct answers— and fast!

I also enjoy many of the posters on the forum and now it seems more like a community. My wife calls y’all my “imaginary friends”. So it’s also for entertainment. I don’t do Facebook anymore so I guess TF is kind of my replacement for that.

I’ve actually met a few on the forum in person and hope to met a few more if I can make it to the TF get together. I’m trying to get Healhustler (Larry) to drive over from Longboat Key one day with me.

**FlyWright** · 02-18-2018, 01:03 AM

You and Larry should definitely do that! We're gonna need his Photoshop skills again this year!

markpierce · 02-18-2018, 04:33 AM

I'm here mostly to share. It helps also to be entertained and informed.

FF · 02-19-2018, 06:57 AM

Without folks from the wood boat era posting there would be a lot of concepts lost , a lot of reinventing the wheel.

Star0210 · 02-19-2018, 09:32 AM

Hubby and I found this site after we bought our first “big” boat a few years ago even though it wasn’t a trawler. We knew next to nothing about owning such a boat so we came looking for knowledge and advice and opinions. All of which have been freely given.
We’ve also enjoyed reading about how others use their boats.
We went into our first boat cheap so that we could make sure that this was something we really enjoyed and also so that we could learn what we did and didn’t like in a boat.
Now we’ve (hopefully) found our second and forever boat (funny right?).
Even though it’s also not a trawler, we still have sooooo much to learn so we’ll be stickin around! We haven’t found any other site that offers what this one does.