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05-08-2014, 09:07 PM
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City: Auckland
Join Date: May 2014
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Great Site
I have been reading the forums for a bit and thought it was about time to join and say hello. Won't be able to contribute trawler wise but have a fair bit of boating experience. The wife and me currently have a 35 foot planing launch and use this for long weekends and day trips, plus lots of fishing. We are looking to upgrade at some point to something more substantial and more suited to extended coastal cruising or possibly an ocean crosser. Shes a land lubber at heart so that may be a hard sell  She likes coastal cruising though so we will see.
In the meantime I'm here to learn more about trawlers and the makes available as the more I look at them the more I like them. Although I still haven't got my head around 8 knots max !
regards, adrian
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05-08-2014, 09:14 PM
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Guru
City: Beaverton, Ontario
Vessel Name: Looking Glass
Vessel Model: Carver 370 Voyager
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 1,240
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Welcome Adrian, 8 knots is fast!! but the scenery is nice at slow speed.
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05-08-2014, 09:23 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Chicago, IL
Vessel Name: Bay Pelican
Vessel Model: Krogen 42
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,994
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Welcome aboard. May you receive a great deal of knowledge from the Forum.
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05-08-2014, 10:16 PM
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Guru
City: Adelaide
Vessel Name: Kokanee
Vessel Model: Cuddles 30 Pilot House Motor Sailer
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 3,155
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Welcome Adrian,
Another member from the southern hemisphere is good to keep things in balance.
btw - I once did 8 knots with some help from the surf. WOOAHHHH - it was so exhilarating. 
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05-08-2014, 10:24 PM
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City: Tri Cities, WA
Vessel Name: Beachcomber
Vessel Model: Sea Ray 550 Sedan Bridge
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,255
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Welcome to TF. This is a great place to get your questions answered. Also, we have ONE MAIN rule.
If you don't post pictures, you don't have it, didn't go there, didn't use your boat and none of us are going to believe you.
Not really, but that's a rather direct way of saying we like to see pics of where you boat, you and your family on the boat, and of the boat itself.
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Beachcomber 1995 Sea Ray 550 Sedan Bridge
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05-08-2014, 10:48 PM
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City: Fort Lauderdale
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 19,753
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LaBomba
Welcome Adrian, 8 knots is fast!!
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Wifey B: For reverse....hehe
Sorry. Trawlering isn't about the speed. It's the attitude, the type of exploring and enjoying. No way I'm going 8 knots either.
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05-08-2014, 10:48 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 11,901
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Adrian,Welcome to trawlering. You`ll find getting there is half the fun, it has to be when 8 knots is comfortable cruising max.
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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05-08-2014, 11:44 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 19,753
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Originally Posted by BruceK
Adrian,Welcome to trawlering. You`ll find getting there is half the fun, it has to be when 8 knots is comfortable cruising max.
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Wifey B: Algebraic analysis necessary.....
If getting there is half the fun at 8 knots and Adrian goes 16 knots then what percentage of the fun is getting there for Adrian?
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05-08-2014, 11:59 PM
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Guru
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 11,901
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BandB
Wifey B: Algebraic analysis necessary.....
If getting there is half the fun at 8 knots and Adrian goes 16 knots then what percentage of the fun is getting there for Adrian?
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Let`s see. How to introduce "making a virtue out of necessity" into an arithmetical or algebra formula?
As a mathematical disappointment right through school, it`s a pass from me, but a gentle negotiated one, after a courtesy radio call.
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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05-09-2014, 04:33 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 8,559
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Yes, welcome aboard Adrian, from another Kiwi - ex-Kiwi anyway. I cut my teeth with trailer yachts over there. One regret was I never got to do the Hauraki in our last boat there, a Gazelle 26. Did all the other North Island Lakes and the Bay of Islands. The Hauraki was still on the bucket list when we moved here to Brisbane. Where do you have your boat. Westhaven or one of the Eastern or Northern bays..?
I actually proposed to my future wife in a wee bus shed on Waiheke…it's still thee I think. Ahhhh, that was 1967 mind you…
Brought the Gazelle over here, but Moreton Bay does not lend itself to sail nearly as well…now I love just jumping' on...turning a key...casting off…and heading out…bliss…
Mind you…if I could just wave a magic wand, and transport Lotus to those Marlborough Sounds now...
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05-09-2014, 05:05 AM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 15,061
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard.
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05-09-2014, 07:30 AM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 4,765
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Welcome aboard! This is a friendly group as long as you avoid the "A" word. The "A" word is that thing that holds the boat in place and is attached to the boat by a long chain or rope. Don't ask about them. The thread will never end!
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05-09-2014, 08:04 AM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,271
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HopCar
Welcome aboard! This is a friendly group as long as you avoid the "A" word. The "A" word is that thing that holds the boat in place and is attached to the boat by a long chain or rope. Don't ask about them. The thread will never end!
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Yes, it's been a long "rode" that just keeps getting longer. 
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05-09-2014, 09:15 AM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 4,765
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Don, I'm groaning and shaking my head.
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05-09-2014, 10:37 AM
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Guru
City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,032
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HopCar
Welcome aboard! This is a friendly group as long as you avoid the "A" word. The "A" word is that thing that holds the boat in place and is attached to the boat by a long chain or rope. Don't ask about them. The thread will never end!
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It's true what HopCar says. But it sounds as if you might be considering the move to a "full displacement" hull for the more serious cruising you mentioned. This is an easy topic with virtually no controversy. Welcome aboard, by the way.
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"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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05-10-2014, 02:54 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 8,559
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Where'd he go..?
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05-10-2014, 01:16 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 19,753
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter B
Where'd he go..?
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Maybe he was just an illusion...
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