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06-29-2015, 09:36 PM
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Newbie
City: Nashville
Vessel Name: M go Blue
Vessel Model: Sabre 32 sailboat
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 3
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Switching from cloth sail to iron sail
Greetings all,
Due to the usual leg & knee issues, we are selling our beloved '85 Sabre 32 sailboat and analyzing our needs/desires as to which power boat to get.
We are learning toward a trawler in 30-36 ft range, single diesel, sleeps 2 in style w occasional 4 adults and 2 small kids. 99% time slowly cruising Tennessee /Cumberland river system, A/C (toasty summers), minimal Brightwork (been there, done that), fuel efficient (cheap).
We will be picking the collective brains of the Trawler forum "hive" to help educate us.
Thanks for being here.
Steve and Karen
Nashville, TN
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06-29-2015, 10:02 PM
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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 Steve and Karen. Lots of us followed your current path!
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06-29-2015, 10:35 PM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,150
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Welcome aboard. What ever you do, don't ask about anchors or guns! You will start an argument that never ends!
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Parks Masterson
Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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06-29-2015, 10:39 PM
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Newbie
City: Nashville
Vessel Name: M go Blue
Vessel Model: Sabre 32 sailboat
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 3
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Don't need to. 20 yr Navy vet, expert w pistol and teach rifle for Project Appleseed. I'll pass on the chunks of metal and chain!
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06-29-2015, 10:52 PM
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Guru
City: Tampa
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 844
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Welcome aboard Doc
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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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06-30-2015, 12:11 AM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,150
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Doc, you just missed a good gun thread. Some poor fool asked about carrying a shotgun aboard. Before the monitors shut the thread down, it had devolved into a passionate argument over whether a shotgun or a rifle was better defense against bears. We also learned that Steve McQueen carried 45-70 rounds in his belt but his gun was chambered for a pistol round.
Just to get it out of the way, your anchor is too small, it's the wrong kind and you don't have enough chain. That's all you need to know about anchors.
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Parks Masterson
Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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06-30-2015, 12:20 AM
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Guru
City: Pahrump, NV
Vessel Name: Pairadice
Vessel Model: Sold Selene 47
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 1,943
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Welcome aboard shipmate, hope you two find your boat. Retired in 92 and again just a couple months ago for good this time! Never did understand the Sail thing, but to each his own. You'll like the Dark Side.
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06-30-2015, 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: 12,516
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Old Navy, you're about four years behind me. 
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06-30-2015, 03:01 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Paris,TN
Vessel Name: Slo-Poke
Vessel Model: Jorgensen custom 44
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,746
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Welcome board neighbors . Hope you find your boat . Lots of good info and great folks here on the TF.
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06-30-2015, 05:13 AM
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Guru
City: Beverly Hills
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 1,371
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Welcome aboard Steve and Karen, "been there done that" USN and Sails Retired.
Bill and Jayne
Home Port Goose Pond Marina
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06-30-2015, 05:24 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! Good luck in your search!
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06-30-2015, 11:56 AM
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Guru
City: Sarasota,FL/Thomasville,GA
Vessel Name: Steppin Stone IV
Vessel Model: Marine Trader Kelly Trawler 46
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,815
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Welcome aboard
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06-30-2015, 03:20 PM
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 82
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Navy Doc
Greetings all,
Due to the usual leg & knee issues, we are selling our beloved '85 Sabre 32 sailboat and analyzing our needs/desires as to which power boat to get.
We are learning toward a trawler in 30-36 ft range, single diesel, sleeps 2 in style w occasional 4 adults and 2 small kids. 99% time slowly cruising Tennessee /Cumberland river system, A/C (toasty summers), minimal Brightwork (been there, done that), fuel efficient (cheap).
We will be picking the collective brains of the Trawler forum "hive" to help educate us.
Thanks for being here.
Steve and Karen
Nashville, TN
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I don't know if you're interested in new but a Beneteau Swift Trawler 34 filled our bill for just that kind of boat. New it has the Cummins 6.7 (quietest diesel out there right now) and is frugal at 8 mph and lower (850 mile range on 210 gallon tank, 10% reserve, 1,600 miles range at 4 mph if you can stand that!!, 25 mph top end and 1.2 mpg at that speed, pretty remarkable. Fully loaded under $400,000 including taxes for a 2016 (Florida has $18,000 tax limit on any boat purchase). Full electronics and features both on the bridge and inside, dingy hoist/davit (26' clearance required, mast can be lowered for lower crossings), air, generator, upgraded electronics, the works. Anyway, worth a good look if you want to buy new. Mine gets delivered September and I've studied new boats both on paper and in person for the last 3 years before arriving at this one. 3 year stem to stern warranty.
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06-30-2015, 05:27 PM
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Guru
City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,150
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John Truesalt goes power boating.
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Parks Masterson
Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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06-30-2015, 06:54 PM
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Guru
City: Venice Louisiana
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 1,097
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Zacly. Swift Trawler, I love that 
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06-30-2015, 07:47 PM
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Senior Member
City: Maryville, TN
Vessel Name: malu lani
Vessel Model: Albin 27 FC
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 105
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Welcome Steve and Karen. You'll love cruising the Tennessee River and everything it connects to. We've been here, south of Knoxville, for seven years now after living aboard a 42' sail and then a 44' trawler along the East coast and the islands south for 15 years. Retired Army. There're several of us inland cruisers on here and the site is great for swapping tales. I downsized to an Albin 27 cruiser and love it, but my dinghy still has a sail! Ben
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07-01-2015, 07:14 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: 6,973
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Welcome and best of luck with the hunt for the right boat.
I am frequently surprised at the number of folks that have made the same switch.
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Don
2008 MS 34 HT Trawler
"Bacchus"
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07-01-2015, 07:53 AM
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Newbie
City: Nashville
Vessel Name: M go Blue
Vessel Model: Sabre 32 sailboat
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 3
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Thanks. Have friends in that area and used to get my Westerbeke parts from Maryville. Albin's are on our list.
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