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04-19-2021, 03:51 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 2
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New to Motor Boating
My wife and I (now in my mid seventies) are moving over from sail for an easier life and looking for a 42 foot plus trawler yacht in which to enjoy our love of the sea at a moderate pace.
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04-19-2021, 04:17 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Welcome aboard
Many here have made such a move and are willing to share what they've learned. Ask away and be sure to try "search > advanced search > keyword > titles only" to rummage through a gazzilion questions already asked & answered.
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04-19-2021, 04:22 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 21,131
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Welcome aboard. Keep checking the for sale on this forum.
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Boat Nut:
If you are one there is no explanation necessary.
If you aren’t one, there is no explanation possible.
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04-19-2021, 04:30 PM
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Guru
City: Cape May, NJ
Vessel Name: Irish Lady
Vessel Model: Monk 36
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,947
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Welcome aboard!. At the top of the General Discussion Forum there is a topic called
Boat Search 101. Worthy place to start.
https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/...1-a-14905.html
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Archie
Irish Lady
1984 Monk 36 Hull #46
Currently in Cape May, NJ
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04-19-2021, 06:22 PM
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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: 12,559
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Why so late? Made the switch 10 years ago, and I'm now in the mid-seventies.
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Kar-KEEN-ez Koot
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04-19-2021, 07:31 PM
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Guru
City: Oconto, WI
Vessel Name: Best Alternative
Vessel Model: 36 Albin Aft Cabin
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 3,145
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Welcome to the dark side and welcome to Trawler Forum.
You will find both experiences to be enlightening..
pete
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04-19-2021, 07:42 PM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,299
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Welcome aboard! What took you so long?
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Parks Masterson
Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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04-19-2021, 10:00 PM
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Guru
City: Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island
Vessel Name: Capricorn
Vessel Model: Mariner 30 - Sedan Cruiser 1969
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 2,019
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Don't forget to add your location in your whatever its called on the side. Location matters when it comes to recommendations, warnings, etc.
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04-19-2021, 10:03 PM
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Senior Member
City: Sheridan
Vessel Name: Ethos of the T
Vessel Model: 26 Sedan Tollycraft
Join Date: Mar 2021
Posts: 149
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Welcome.
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04-19-2021, 10:29 PM
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#10
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Guru
City: Tacoma, WA & Ashland, OR
Vessel Name: boatless, ex: Seeadler
Vessel Model: RAWSON 41
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,217
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Manak
My wife and I (now in my mid seventies) are moving over from sail for an easier life and looking for a 42 foot plus trawler yacht in which to enjoy our love of the sea at a moderate pace.
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Yup. A common theme. Where are you?
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04-20-2021, 02:29 AM
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#11
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Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 2
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Thank you!
Thank you all for your welcome! (I did not expect so many responses).
I am from the South of England and usually keep my boats in the Channel Islands which we love. Normally cruising to Brittany is a delight but what with COVID is difficult at present.
Our VAT situation now restricts our option as to where we can purchase a boat that we can use in our home country but we are thinking in terms of a Grand Banks MY.
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04-20-2021, 07:33 PM
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#12
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,100
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Manak
Thank you all for your welcome! (I did not expect so many responses).
I am from the South of England and usually keep my boats in the Channel Islands which we love. Normally cruising to Brittany is a delight but what with COVID is difficult at present.
Our VAT situation now restricts our option as to where we can purchase a boat that we can use in our home country but we are thinking in terms of a Grand Banks MY.
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Yes, welcome to TF indeed. You are in a very pretty place on the planet. And as rsn48 suggested, please make a point of going in and editing your profile, and fleshing it out a bit, especially with respect to where you are based and where your main cruising ground is. It is so helpful later on when this thread, and where you did add those bits, has become history.
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