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01-13-2013, 08:05 AM
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Newbie
City: South Portland, Maine
Vessel Name: EMMA
Vessel Model: 1986 Vista Sun Deck Trawler
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3
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Hello From Maine
Hello all,
My name is Frank and I live on my 52' vista sundeck trawler in Maine. This is my 2nd year as a full time liveaboard.
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01-13-2013, 08:17 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Home Port: Buck's Harbor, Maine
Vessel Name: "Emily Anne"
Vessel Model: 2001 Island Gypsy 32 Europa (Hull #146)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,846
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ARRGH
Hello all,
My name is Frank and I live on my 52' vista sundeck trawler in Maine. This is my 2nd year as a full time liveaboard.
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Welcome abord Frank. You are a braver man than I living on a boat in this area in the winter. Ours is on the hard until black fly season starts.
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David Hawkins
Deer Isle, Maine
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01-13-2013, 08:39 AM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,240
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Greetings,
Welcome ab-aahd.
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RTF
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01-13-2013, 08:19 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by ARRGH
Hello all,
My name is Frank and I live on my 52' vista sundeck trawler in Maine. This is my 2nd year as a full time liveaboard.
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Welcome Frank, any pics of the boat. We all love pics! 
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01-16-2013, 12:25 PM
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Senior Member
City: Bocas del Toro, Panama
Vessel Name: Delta Swizzler
Vessel Model: 1988 58' Vantare
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 245
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Does that boat come with a snow shovel ? Use to hail from Portmouth, NH but one day the bus came to town and I jumped on it, now we boat all year long and drive 3 hours to go play in the snow, but welcome aboard
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01-16-2013, 02:34 PM
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#6
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Guru
City: Port Townsend
Vessel Name: The Promise
Vessel Model: Roughwater 35
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,568
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Hi Frank! Welcome aboard.
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01-17-2013, 06:54 AM
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#7
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Veteran Member
City: Cape Coral,Fl
Vessel Name: Island Time
Vessel Model: 1990 Marine Trader DB
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 81
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Welcome! We are liveaboards in Florida but hope to cruise to Maine one day.....in summer.
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01-17-2013, 09:35 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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Hi Frank – Welcome to TF
69 to mid 70’s I lived in and boated out of Camden/Rockport. 
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01-17-2013, 10:12 AM
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#9
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,242
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Not another Damn Yankee! Dwhatty is all the Yankee we need. Just kidding, welcome aboard. Note that I drive a Yankee built boat.
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01-17-2013, 11:44 AM
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#10
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 66
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Hey Frank - better batten down - looks like we won't get above freezing at all next week. Where do you keep her?
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02-13-2013, 12:19 PM
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#11
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Member
City: Belfast
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 9
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liveaboard
Quote:
Originally Posted by ARRGH
Hello all,
My name is Frank and I live on my 52' vista sundeck trawler in Maine. This is my 2nd year as a full time liveaboard.
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Frank-
Looks like you have a great boat for a liveaboard. We spent 2 years in Southport Marine in So. Portland- including winters. Are you in Dimillos? You probably didn't have to sink a water hose and have water parties with others twice a month! And those nor'easters are fun with that 7 mile fetch. I have some stories.
Chuck
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02-13-2013, 02:53 PM
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#12
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Guru
City: Walkabout Creek
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 9,576
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Love to hear how you winter over.
What do you do for heat?
What do you do for water?
What do you do for pump out?
How do you keep from sliding down the ramp and into the water at low tide?
Do you have any trouble with the water around the boat freezing?
Inquiring minds want to know?
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02-13-2013, 03:06 PM
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Member
City: Belfast
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 9
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Love to hear how you winter over.
What do you do for heat?
We had a diesel pot belly stove with a pulse pump from the tanks. Supplimented with an electric space heater in the aft cabin. Cold floors!
What do you do for water?
Ran a hose from the marina to the boats, then sunk the hose so it wouldn't freeze up. Water days were an event.
What do you do for pump out?
Always used the shore facility- really!
How do you keep from sliding down the ramp and into the water at low tide?
Good boots and hang on.
Do you have any trouble with the water around the boat freezing?
The marina would keep the ice broken up a bit but we would freeze in for about 2 weeks every winter. We would run the engine in reverse a couple of times a week and that kept the build up down. Didn't seem to do any harm.
Inquiring minds want to know?
Interesting that we did it but frankly no desire to try it again.
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