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05-11-2016, 07:54 PM
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Senior Member
City: Kiln,MS
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 457
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Rookie checking in.
 Rooking checking in. I am seriously thinking about selling off my drag car stuff and getting into a trawler type boat. So i am here to learn as much as i can before making any crazy decisions.
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05-11-2016, 08:22 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: 252
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Welcome aboard
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05-11-2016, 08:27 PM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,045
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Welcome. There is some great information here.
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05-11-2016, 08:31 PM
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Senior Member
City: Kiln,MS
Join Date: May 2016
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thanks guys. i have lurked for a few weeks and can see this place is a wealth of knowledge.
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05-11-2016, 08:35 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard. You fully realize that distance that now takes you 8 seconds to do will in future take you almost 2 minutes? (1/4 mile).
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05-11-2016, 08:42 PM
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Senior Member
City: Kiln,MS
Join Date: May 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
Greetings,
Welcome aboard. You fully realize that distance that now takes you 8 seconds to do will in future take you almost 2 minutes? (1/4 mile).
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  yup. looking at the bright side at least i won't be burning up a $50 bill in less than 10 seconds.
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05-11-2016, 08:47 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG CAT
yup. looking at the bright side at least i won't be burning up a $50 bill in less than 10 seconds. |
Oh man, you may be in for quite the shock when it comes to fuel burn!
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05-11-2016, 08:55 PM
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Senior Member
City: Kiln,MS
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 457
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Quote:
Originally Posted by menzies
Oh man, you may be in for quite the shock when it comes to fuel burn!
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 well i know a little about fuel burn.
i work for a cat dealer in south ms. i am in power generation field service. the most i have ever personally burnt is 177 gph x 8 gens. the contractor paid right at 440k for fuel for acceptance testing. lol thankfully i don't have to pay for those tests.
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05-11-2016, 08:58 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG CAT
well i know a little about fuel burn.
i work for a cat dealer in south ms. i am in power generation field service. the most i have ever personally burnt is 177 gph x 8 gens. the contractor paid right at 440k for fuel for acceptance testing. lol thankfully i don't have to pay for those tests. |
And you STILL want to buy a boat?
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05-11-2016, 09:10 PM
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Senior Member
City: Kiln,MS
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 457
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Quote:
Originally Posted by menzies
And you STILL want to buy a boat?
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hahaha. yeah i do.
having grown up with my dad taking us fishing and diving and working on the water from time to time. the open water calls to you in way.
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05-12-2016, 07:25 AM
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Guru
City: Thibodaux, Louisiana
Vessel Name: Gumbo
Vessel Model: 2003 Monk 36
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,882
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Welcome!
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05-12-2016, 08:27 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Seneca Lake NY
Vessel Name: Bacchus
Vessel Model: MS 34 HT Trawler
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,510
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG CAT
I am seriously thinking about selling off my drag car stuff and getting into a trawler type boat.
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Welcome aboard -
Talk about switching from Go Fast - to Go Slow!... Watch out for whip lash!
Goin' slow ain't all that bad.
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2008 MS 34 HT Trawler
"Bacchus"
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05-12-2016, 09:04 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG CAT
Rooking checking in. I am seriously thinking about selling off my drag car stuff and getting into a trawler type boat. So i am here to learn as much as i can before making any crazy decisions. |
Why not have both... in a way - LOL
I noticed you mentioned "... trawler type boat." Soooo I provide you with this post... from me... a "rock n' roll" 64 yr. "Salt"
1. Planing hull self contained boat (in this forum sometimes termed a "trawler-light", because to carry "Trawler" nomenclature many here think displacement hull is required - get over it guys!  LOL)
2 Classic Muscle Car - That's Self Explanatory!
So...
I have very affordable 34' Tollycraft tri cabin, self contained, planing hull boat with Crestliner tow behind outboard. Tolly can do WOT in low 20 knots per hr (cruises at 16 to 17 knots all day) Crestlined gets 39 knots at WOT and cruises nice at 25 knots. Neither is extravagant on fuel use... although it can end up costing a few bucks!
I also have 1967 Buick Wildcat... really cool Luxury-Muscle Car! And a hopped up 1985 1 ton 4 WD, 4 spd (with transfer box for 8 speeds total), full sized fleet-side, 4" lifted... Chevy Silverado truck! We also have an SUV, and two econo cars - that I seldom drive, but wife likes em!
Point is - - > No Need to go TOOOOO Slow in Life! IMHO - Displacement boat hulls may be great for crossing oceans at s-l-o-w economy speeds... but planing hull boats are much more fun under vast array of general boating conditions. 
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05-12-2016, 03:53 PM
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Senior Member
City: Kiln,MS
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 457
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve
Welcome!
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thanks.
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Originally Posted by Bacchus
Welcome aboard -
Talk about switching from Go Fast - to Go Slow!... Watch out for whip lash!
Goin' slow ain't all that bad.
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i haven't given up on drag racing. i will still be tuning and driving the brother inlaws car. so i will still get my go fast fix.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Art
Why not have both... in a way - LOL
I noticed you mentioned "... trawler type boat." Soooo I provide you with this post... from me... a "rock n' roll" 64 yr. "Salt"
1. Planing hull self contained boat (in this forum sometimes termed a "trawler-light", because to carry "Trawler" nomenclature many here think displacement hull is required - get over it guys! LOL)
2 Classic Muscle Car - That's Self Explanatory!
So...
I have very affordable 34' Tollycraft tri cabin, self contained, planing hull boat with Crestliner tow behind outboard. Tolly can do WOT in low 20 knots per hr (cruises at 16 to 17 knots all day) Crestlined gets 39 knots at WOT and cruises nice at 25 knots. Neither is extravagant on fuel use... although it can end up costing a few bucks!
I also have 1967 Buick Wildcat... really cool Luxury-Muscle Car! And a hopped up 1985 1 ton 4 WD, 4 spd (with transfer box for 8 speeds total), full sized fleet-side, 4" lifted... Chevy Silverado truck! We also have an SUV, and two econo cars - that I seldom drive, but wife likes em!
Point is - - > No Need to go TOOOOO Slow in Life! IMHO - Displacement boat hulls may be great for crossing oceans at s-l-o-w economy speeds... but planing hull boats are much more fun under vast array of general boating conditions. |
10-4. nice toys!
i see we think along the same lines. i am a loooong way off from retirement so if/when i do make a trip i won't have an over abundance of time for transit. so i will take my time and put down on paper what i want vs what i need then go from there.
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05-12-2016, 05:01 PM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Okisollo
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 781
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Here's a street car for drag racing!!!!
Ted
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05-12-2016, 05:17 PM
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Guru
City: Vallejo, California
Vessel Name: Mahalo Moi
Vessel Model: 1986 Grand Banks 42 Classic
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,088
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG CAT
Rooking checking in. I am seriously thinking about selling off my drag car stuff and getting into a trawler type boat. So i am here to learn as much as i can before making any crazy decisions. |
Most of the "crazy decisions" start with buying a boat in the first place! Someone said a while back that, "money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a boat"! Welcome aboard!
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"Mahalo Moi"
1986 GB-42 Classic
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑβΕ
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05-12-2016, 05:22 PM
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Senior Member
City: Kiln,MS
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 457
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05-12-2016, 05:24 PM
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Senior Member
City: Kiln,MS
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 457
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggitoni
Most of the "crazy decisions" start with buying a boat in the first place! Someone said a while back that, "money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a boat"! Welcome aboard!
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thanks. lol you can add thinking with the wrong head to that statement.
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05-12-2016, 05:26 PM
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Senior Member
City: Kiln,MS
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 457
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted
Here's a street car for drag racing!!!!
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i tried to post a couple of you tubes but it "pending approval". if you search 7274bigcat my stuff will popup.
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05-12-2016, 06:23 PM
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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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