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03-09-2016, 10:08 AM
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Newbie
City: New Orleans, LA
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 1
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Greetings from New Orleans, LA
Glad to be a new member!
Having spent a year at sea in my early 20s and as I get older I often look back upon that time with increasing fondness. I don't think I appreciated the sunsets, the peace of the water, and the salty people I came across as I should have. Instead I was too busy looking forward to getting drunk and chasing skirt in the next port we were going to.
Now I am in my mid 30s, married and have a good career here in Louisiana. I have a 20 foot bowrider that gets me on the water, but I yearn for more...and that leads me here.
I have a short to medium term goal of buying a trawler and wanted to research as much as I can. So please accept me cruising through your posts and asking questions as they come up. It is my hope that I can join the trawler community before long!
Fair Winds and Following Seas,
Chris
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03-09-2016, 10:18 AM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 14,871
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard y'all. "I was too busy looking forward to getting drunk and chasing skirt in the next port we were going to." You'll fit right in...
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RTF
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03-09-2016, 10:39 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 494
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Welcome to TrawlerForum. Nice post.
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03-09-2016, 01:47 PM
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#4
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 7,142
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Welcome
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03-09-2016, 05:33 PM
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#5
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Guru
City: Thibodaux, Louisiana
Vessel Name: Gumbo
Vessel Model: 2003 Monk 36
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,882
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Welcome! I keep my boat in Houma just off the ICW. There is a lot of good information available on this site!
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03-09-2016, 05:42 PM
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Senior Member
City: Lafayette, LA
Vessel Name: presently boatless
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 341
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Nice to have another Who Dat on board! We're at South Shore in N.O. Give us a holler.
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03-09-2016, 06:09 PM
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Guru
City: Melbourne, FL
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 1,721
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ragin cajun
Nice to have another Who Dat on board! We're at South Shore in N.O. Give us a holler.
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Who dat, as in "who dat who says who dat when I says who dat?
From Justin Wilson?
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03-09-2016, 06:24 PM
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Senior Member
City: Lafayette, LA
Vessel Name: presently boatless
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 341
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stubones99
Who dat, as in "who dat who says who dat when I says who dat?
From Justin Wilson?
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"Who Dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints"...Saints football..could have come from Justin!
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03-09-2016, 09:24 PM
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Senior Member
City: LAFAYETTE,LA
Vessel Name: Relenti
Vessel Model: Atlantic 30, 1983
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 451
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Welcome aboard Chris. I think I remember chase skirts 50 years ago or so. 
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03-09-2016, 09:28 PM
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Guru
City: Tri Cities, WA
Vessel Name: Red Stripe
Vessel Model: Monaco Cayman 35' diesel pusher
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,354
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Welcome aboard. Boatin' and drinkin' and chasin' are like three peas in a pod. All go together well!
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Mike and Tina
2008 Monaco Camelot 350hp Cummins
1981 Boston Whaler 13'
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03-10-2016, 12:26 AM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13,544
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Well, I'd say you're about 15-20 years smarter than many of us here. I was where you are at around 45. I bought my trawler at 50. As I see it, you'll have all that extra time to enjoy your new boat!
Welcome aboard! Cheers!
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03-10-2016, 07:05 AM
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Guru
City: Houma, Louisiana
Vessel Name: M/V LUNASEA
Vessel Model: 45ft Bluewater Coastal
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 529
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Welcome Chris !!!! I am also from Houma.
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03-10-2016, 07:20 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Paris,TN
Vessel Name: Slo-Poke
Vessel Model: Jorgensen custom 44
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,707
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyWright
Well, I'd say you're about 15-20 years smarter than many of us here. I was where you are at around 45. I bought my trawler at 50. As I see it, you'll have all that extra time to enjoy your new boat!
Welcome aboard! Cheers!
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I second this. i wish we would have started earlier.My doctor gave me a new prescription the other day . It said "start slow and scale back "
Oh yeah welcome to the forum.
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Marty
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03-10-2016, 08:08 AM
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Guru
City: Gulf Shores, Ala.
Vessel Name: Ulysses
Vessel Model: Romsdal 1963
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 878
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Welcome
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07-06-2016, 05:50 PM
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Newbie
City: Columbus
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 4
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Hey Chris,
I'm a mid 30s guy that has just bought a 43 Defever, and plan on moving it to NOLA in the September October time frame as a live aboard. Any advice on marina's I would love to know!
Blue Skies,
Nicholas
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