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06-12-2015, 06:48 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Boston, MA
Vessel Name: Navigator
Vessel Model: Nordhavn 46
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 75
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Hello there from another former lurker
Hi there, recently joined after perusing the forum and gleaning much useful for the better part of a year. Looking to buy a trawler, preferably full displacement. Wish me luck!
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06-12-2015, 06:54 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,024
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard.
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RTF
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06-12-2015, 07:21 PM
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Guru
City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,186
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Welcome to the forum. Full displacement will leave you with few choices. I bet ya get talked out of it here. Best of luck.
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Larry
"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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06-13-2015, 12:31 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Cameron, La
Vessel Name: Baobab
Vessel Model: Bayliner 4788
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 2,660
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Welcome aboard and good luck with your search!
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06-13-2015, 02:16 AM
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Guru
City: Pahrump, NV
Vessel Name: Pairadice
Vessel Model: Sold Selene 47
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 1,953
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Daveo,
Luck and perseverance will pay off, we closed on our boat a few weeks back, hope to post that experiance in the next few weeks. Right now just enjoying the time onboard and doing the cleaning and fixing of simple things that were neglected over the last few years.
It's all good, and hope you find your dream!
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06-13-2015, 05:20 AM
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Senior Member
City: Clear Lake Shores,Tx
Vessel Name: In Disguise
Vessel Model: 1985 Mainship 40 DC
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 483
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Welcome aboard from Texas! Good luck in your search.
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06-16-2015, 04:12 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
Good luck and no, I will not try to talk you out of it.
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06-16-2015, 04:14 PM
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Guru
City: Vero Beach, FL.
Vessel Name: FIREFLY
Vessel Model: Pilgrim 40
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 918
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Greetings!! and good luck.
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06-16-2015, 06:17 PM
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Senior Member
City: Huntsville, AL
Vessel Name: Sea Note
Vessel Model: Mainship 40
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 185
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Greetings, and Welcome..
If you have been lurking for a year you must have some idea what you are looking for in the way of features, Must haves, Want to haves, that sort of thing. Don't keep us waiting, Spill it Daveo!!
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06-18-2015, 04:26 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Boston, MA
Vessel Name: Navigator
Vessel Model: Nordhavn 46
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 75
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Nordhavn taste on a TT budget
Thanks for the good wishes. Title sums me up pretty well, Toolbuddie. My most wanted is a Nordhavn 47, though a Selene, Crusty Chief, would also work just fine  . Looking for slow, efficient, single engine, 40-45 ft, two cabin with flybridge and cockpit. Pilothouse a plus. Every desire is open to compromise, just need to be able to sleep aboard comfortably, and it has to float. Main thing is to get out on the water again.
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06-18-2015, 04:42 PM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,617
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Daveo,
Check the Willard sites. There's usually 4 or 5 for sale.
But it dosn't sound like you really are looking for a full displacement vessel.
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Eric
North Western Washington State USA
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06-18-2015, 04:50 PM
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Guru
City: Tampa
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 844
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Welcome aboard.
Good luck with your search.
OD
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"I'm the only one who has removed half a brain, but if you went to Washington, you'd think someone beat me to it"...Dr. Ben Carson 08-06-2015
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06-18-2015, 08:59 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Chicago, IL
Vessel Name: Bay Pelican
Vessel Model: Krogen 42
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,993
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Welcome aboard. As to your search try and figure out (realistically)what you will be doing with the boat. The boat that would be ideal for the East Coast and the Atlantic ICW may not be the best boat for the islands. If you are intending to stay north of southern New Jersey then the boat may be different then if you intend to spend your time in the Southeast and Florida.
I have a full displacement and have been almost everywhere east of the Mississippi. At times the boat was ideal. At times marina hopping in the southeast it was not.
Good luck
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Marty
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06-19-2015, 08:00 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville Beach, FL
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 1,049
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Welcome aboard, Daveo, from here in Jacksonville Beach. Your tastes / preferences sound sensible to me. I look forward to reading about your search. Good luck (which can make up for a lot of things)!
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06-20-2015, 02:55 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: 12,522
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Daveo
... Looking to buy a trawler, preferably full displacement. ...
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That rules out virtually all twin-engine boats.
I'm content with a single-engine, not-exceeding-hull-speed boat. Most trawler forum members are not.
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Kar-KEEN-ez Koot
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