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08-06-2015, 05:17 PM
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Newbie
City: Sonoma, CA
Vessel Model: seaswirl striper 19
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 3
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Greetings from Sonoma County
Seriously considering moving up to a Trawler style boat from our current Cuddy Cabin fishing boat. Signed on to learn as much as I can about these boats prior to making a purchase. Most if not all of our boating is in San Francisco bay and its estuaries. We currently launch out of the Petaluma Marina in Northern California. Going fast is not important, but getting there in safety and comfort is. Upper San Pablo bay can be rough and windy with a strong tidal influence. Our little 19 can do the job, but its typically a rough ride on the way back.
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08-06-2015, 05:20 PM
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Guru
City: Solomons, MD
Vessel Name: Branwen
Vessel Model: Hatteras 48 LRC
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 645
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Welcome! Any boats in mind or ones that catch your eye?
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08-06-2015, 05:31 PM
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Newbie
City: Sonoma, CA
Vessel Model: seaswirl striper 19
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GregBrannon
Welcome! Any boats in mind or ones that catch your eye?
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Blue seas or marine trader...CHB, Mainship etc. 34-36 foot range, single diesel preferred. Pretty sure that a fiberglass hull would be my preference over wood....purely from a maintenance standpoint. I am assuming that the maintenance on a wooden hull would be greater, but that might be my ignorance showing.
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08-06-2015, 05:39 PM
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Guru
City: Alabama
Vessel Name: Waypoint
Vessel Model: Californian 48' CPMY
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 506
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Welcome aboard. You will figure it out. Just go look at as many different boats as you can. By the way you live in what must be one of my most favorite places on earth!
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08-06-2015, 05:47 PM
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Newbie
City: Sonoma, CA
Vessel Model: seaswirl striper 19
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt. Jon
Welcome aboard. You will figure it out. Just go look at as many different boats as you can. By the way you live in what must be one of my most favorite places on earth!
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Thanks....moved up here from San Francisco 35 years ago, no regrets..I was always a country boy at heart, so moving out of the city was a no brainer.
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08-06-2015, 08:17 PM
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Guru
City: Hotel, CA
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 8,323
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mcovey cove
Thanks....moved up here from San Francisco 35 years ago, no regrets..I was always a country boy at heart, so moving out of the city was a no brainer.
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Welcome to the forum, Bay Area boating is fun but I'm a bit jaded.
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Craig
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled - Mark Twain
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08-06-2015, 11:18 PM
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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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Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!
I suggest Tollycraft boats. I think they are great! YRMV
Happy Boat-Search Daze! - Art
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08-06-2015, 11:42 PM
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Guru
City: Sarasota,FL/Thomasville,GA
Vessel Name: Steppin Stone IV
Vessel Model: Marine Trader Kelly Trawler 46
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,815
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Welcome aboard
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08-06-2015, 11:50 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Ventura CA
Vessel Name: Proud Mary
Vessel Model: Pacific Trawler
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 92
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Welcome! My son lives in Petaluma. We have been to the Petaluma Yacht Club. I have always wanted to go up theRiver to Petaluma.
Paul
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08-07-2015, 03:06 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: 12,549
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Several of us TFers cruise to downtown Petaluma each year. Lots of restaurants and interesting shops there.
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08-07-2015, 06:45 AM
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by markpierce
Several of us TFers cruise to downtown Petaluma each year. Lots of restaurants and interesting shops there.
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Mark - Mud flat is pronounced. How many feet under your boat at that seemingly very low tide? Tide level get much lower? Thanks, Art
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08-07-2015, 07:36 AM
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Veteran Member
City: SF Bay
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 56
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From another fellow SF bay local.. Welcome aboard. 
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08-07-2015, 08:19 AM
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Wannabe
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Name: Stillwater
Vessel Model: Kadey-Krogen 54
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 782
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Welcome from yet another local.
Richard
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08-07-2015, 11:34 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: 12,549
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Art
Mark - Mud flat is pronounced. How many feet under your boat at that seemingly very low tide? Tide level get much lower? Thanks, Art
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Water depths are marked along the dock. It is shallower at the western end where it is possible one will be aground aground at low tide. That pictured is about as low as it usually gets. Our boats are still afloat.
The upper reaches of the Petaluma River/slough has shallow spots. (Depths are often shallower than shown on charts.) Plowed mud once (have nearly four-foot draft) so have learned to transit within two hours of high tide.
Petaluma is a popular weekend rendezvous location for club cruise-outs, usually including good-sized sailboats with deeper draft. We go there weekdays.
Entering the turning basin:
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