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11-22-2013, 09:27 PM
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City: exeter nh
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Newbie has a question....i know its probably dumb
hi all,
joined this site this week looking for some insight and to help me with my thoughts. i have what may be a dumb question but a wise man once told me, "the only dumb question is the one not asked", so here it is.............what makes a trawler a trawler. is it hull style, engine(s),???
ive been looking at aft cabins that don't say they are trawlers but ive looked at trawlers that look just like a reg aft cabin.
thanks for the insight
gmillandfam
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11-22-2013, 09:33 PM
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City: AICW
Vessel Name: Freedom
Vessel Model: Albin 40
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Trawler is just a name and because many boat owners have so little real experience, using the term trawler is wide open...
Often many don't have much in the way of boating traditions and terminology...but in all my years of all things boating...trawler is probably one of the more elusive terms and it really doesn't matter....unless you want it to...then feel free to use it in any fashion you like and no one can really call you out on it unless you try to use it on a 19 foot bowrider.... 
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11-22-2013, 09:42 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
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It would be very lonely here if only (recreational) trawler owners and the curious were permitted.
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11-22-2013, 10:34 PM
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City: Cruising East Coast US
Vessel Name: Grace
Vessel Model: DeFever 48
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Trawler, just think in very general terms:
Slow
Self sufficient ie : sailboat
Travel worthy
Liveaboard worthy
Salty look to some degree
Diesel
Oldish guys, wearing no bling, at the helm. Trophy wives are acceptable (pictures please) :-)
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11-22-2013, 10:51 PM
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City: Santa Cruz, CA
Vessel Name: Frisky
Vessel Model: 99 Nordic Tug
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Daddyo
Trawler, just think in very general terms:
Slow
Self sufficient ie : sailboat
Travel worthy
Liveaboard worthy
Salty look to some degree
Diesel
Oldish guys, wearing no bling, at the helm. Trophy wives are acceptable (pictures please) :-)
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I might add 'fuel efficient' to that list.
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11-22-2013, 11:11 PM
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City: exeter nh
Join Date: Nov 2013
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thank you guys. wife and i are starting the process. we got a couple years to go before we can pull the trigger i think but were getting the ball rolling
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11-22-2013, 11:19 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
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Definitely not a trawler:
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11-22-2013, 11:21 PM
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City: South FL
Vessel Name: Oliver
Vessel Model: Nordhavn 47 Hull# 12
Join Date: Apr 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by markpierce
Definitely not a trawler:
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No, thats what they call a FAST trawler. LOL
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11-22-2013, 11:30 PM
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City: Hotel, CA
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The word trawler evokes images of a fishing boat dragging nets in hopes of a harvest from the sea. I've come to think that a recreational trawler is really more of a lifestyle than a collection of parts forming a boat. I do not deny Daddyo's list forms a generally accepted list of ideal features and attributes but there is more to it than that. I see many folks in my area living the "Trawler" lifestyle in various boats with a surprisingly wide variety of propulsion and hull designs.
I like to think of my planing boat as just a trawler with an identity crisis. Sometimes it gets in a bleeding hurry to get somewhere fast but normally is just comfortably lazing along turning 1,200 RPM at about 6 knots enjoying watching the world go by.
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11-23-2013, 01:09 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Originally Posted by CPseudonym
The word trawler evokes images of a fishing boat dragging nets in hopes of a harvest from the sea. I've come to think that a recreational trawler is really more of a lifestyle than a collection of parts forming a boat….but normally (it) is just comfortably lazing along turning 1,200 RPM at about 6 knots enjoying watching the world go by.
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Not a bad analogy Craig, as planing boats definitely speed by the world, whereas at 6 knots it does rather seem like the world slowly passes astern...
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11-23-2013, 01:17 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gmillandfam
hi all,
joined this site this week looking for some insight and to help me with my thoughts. i have what may be a dumb question but a wise man once told me, "the only dumb question is the one not asked", so here it is.............what makes a trawler a trawler. is it hull style, engine(s),???
ive been looking at aft cabins that don't say they are trawlers but ive looked at trawlers that look just like a reg aft cabin.
thanks for the insight
gmillandfam
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gmillandfam, have a look at the "almost a trawler owner" thread, (if you haven't already), because that's a 'pretty typical' trawler, in our collective sense of the word..
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11-23-2013, 06:55 AM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,266
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Quote:
Originally Posted by psneeld
Trawler is just a name and because many boat owners have so little real experience, using the term trawler is wide open...
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It is seldom that those two terms would be used in the same sentence.
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11-23-2013, 07:34 AM
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City: AICW
Vessel Name: Freedom
Vessel Model: Albin 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Originally Posted by Moonstruck
It is seldom that those two terms would be used in the same sentence. |
Depends..if you bought a trawler correctly the first time (or need to get rid of what you mistakenly bought) like some suggest on here...
....you know a 42 footer with twin 17hp SuKawieHondabitshies...you might have them wide open a lot so they get up to temp and last forever with their synthetic oil after a backyard rebuild.... 
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11-23-2013, 08:49 AM
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City: Bayfield, WI
Vessel Name: Gopher Broke
Vessel Model: Silverton 410 Sport Bridge
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by psneeld
Depends..if you bought a trawler correctly the first time (or need to get rid of what you mistakenly bought) like some suggest on here...
....you know a 42 footer with twin 17hp SuKawieHondabitshies...you might have them wide open a lot so they get up to temp and last forever with their synthetic oil after a backyard rebuild.... |
That might be the funniest thing I've read since I started following this forum! Of course it wouldn't make any sense if I hadn't been...
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