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01-10-2017, 12:20 PM
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Newbie
City: Keystone Heights
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 3
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New member from florida
Hello to all. My wife and I are looking to retire in 3-4 years. We have enjoyed the Florida gulf coast for years and are planning to purchase a trawler to expand into the Caribbean and, perhaps, the great loop. We toured a 48 ft Krogen in Eleuthera in November and were very impressed. Have a lot of research left to do, but a 42 Krogen looks like the perfect boat at this point. Looking forward to moving forward with help/input from you all.
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01-10-2017, 12:25 PM
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Guru
City: Satsuma FL
Vessel Name: No Mo Trawla
Vessel Model: Hurricane SS188
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 2,300
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Welcome from the St Johns!
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01-10-2017, 12:32 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville Beach, FL
Vessel Model: Back in the market looking
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 782
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Welcome to the TF, CEason, from over in Jacksonville Beach. You have good taste in boats.
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01-10-2017, 01:34 PM
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Guru
City: Palm Coast
Vessel Name: Southerly
Vessel Model: 1986 Marine Trader 36' Sundeck
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,231
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Welcome aboard from Flagler County!
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01-10-2017, 03:57 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 14,871
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard.
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01-10-2017, 05:04 PM
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Guru
City: St Augustine,Fl
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,543
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Welcome! I'm your neighbor from St Augustine.
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01-10-2017, 05:51 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 20,168
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Welcome aboard. When you introduce the great loop into the discussion of a boat, then bridge clearance becomes an issue. That is true on a KK42 as well. 19'1" clearance is the minimum
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01-10-2017, 05:51 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,235
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Keystone Heights eh? I hear there used to be boating over there until it all dried up!
J/K welcome.
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01-10-2017, 05:58 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in Crisfield, MD
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 10,037
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Welcome to the forum! I'm in Fort Myers.
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I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
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01-10-2017, 06:54 PM
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Senior Member
City: New Rochelle, NY
Vessel Name: Jerry Land
Vessel Model: Grand Banks/Alaskan
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 242
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Welcome aboard.
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01-10-2017, 09:08 PM
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Newbie
City: Keystone Heights
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 3
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Menzies you are correct. Lakes pretty well dried up here. We have a place at the mouth of the Suwannee on the gulf. Still plenty of water over there! Have a 22 ft bay and an airboat over there. Probably will end up being the only place we will keep after retirement.
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01-15-2017, 02:45 PM
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Senior Member
City: Spring Hill, Florida
Vessel Name: Mariso
Vessel Model: Great Harbour TT35 customized by American Boatworks
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 404
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Welcome aboard, CEason, from another Floridian. Speaking of seasons, I notice that your weather up there near Gainesville is mighty warm for January, just like ours here in St. Petersburg. How long have you been thinking about trawler life for retirement?  You are going to have so much fun looking at boats!
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01-15-2017, 03:41 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Jacksonville
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 9,972
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Welcome and let me be the first to say that you have good taste in boats. 
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01-15-2017, 04:13 PM
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Guru
City: Windsor
Vessel Name: Keeper IV
Vessel Model: 44 Viking ACMY
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,316
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Larry M
Welcome and let me be the first to say that you have good taste in boats. |
Of course in your totally unbiased opinion.
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01-15-2017, 04:23 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Tarpon Springs, Fl.
Vessel Name: Makin Memories
Vessel Model: 1987 41' President
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 85
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Welcome aboard!!
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01-15-2017, 07:21 PM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 4,917
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Welcome aboard from Miami!
One of our members has recently completed his second crossing of the Atlantic in a KK 42. Fine boat. Look up Richard on Dauntless.
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01-15-2017, 07:27 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville Beach, FL
Vessel Model: Back in the market looking
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 782
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Larry M
Welcome and let me be the first to say that you have good taste in boats. |
Er, sorry there, Larry, but I already told him that. You can second the motion and no one will be surprised!
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"Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Yet it must be confessed that wit give an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely." ~ William Penn
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01-16-2017, 03:29 PM
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Newbie
City: Keystone Heights
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Miz Trom
Welcome aboard, CEason, from another Floridian. Speaking of seasons, I notice that your weather up there near Gainesville is mighty warm for January, just like ours here in St. Petersburg. How long have you been thinking about trawler life for retirement? You are going to have so much fun looking at boats! |
We have been thinking about cruising for many years, but not with any real direction. Did a lot of scuba in the Caribbean earlier (mostly before kids) and always wanted the opportunity to explore at a more relaxed pace. Wife was not to excited about spending months on a boat until a couple of years ago when we started traveling in a motor home. She has warmed up to the idea now and with retirement getting closer. Meeting a couple in Eleuthera over thanksgiving on a 48 ft Krogen sealed the deal for her. Hoping to get to a couple of boat shows this year. Miami would be nice, but it's anniversary weekend! Jacksonville for sure in April and Ft Lauderdale later in the year. At this point have everything still to learn.
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