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09-02-2015, 02:31 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Vancouver BC
Vessel Name: Glory
Vessel Model: Catalina 28
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 34
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Thanks for a great site from a new member
I have been following this site for years and finally jumped in and joined in by buying a boat. Now if you look up my profile you will see that I have a sailboat, I hope that is ok. I know one day I will own a trawler but for now I am learning about boating through a sailboat.
Thanks for a great site.
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09-02-2015, 02:52 PM
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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: 1,817
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Welcome aboard
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09-02-2015, 03:03 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Cameron, La
Vessel Name: Baobab
Vessel Model: Bayliner 4788
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 2,660
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Welcome to the Trawler Forum!
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09-02-2015, 03:22 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Olypen
Vessel Name: Pacifica
Vessel Model: Cape Dory
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 2,185
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Quote:
Originally Posted by coast1
I have been following this site for years and finally jumped in and joined in by buying a boat. Now if you look up my profile you will see that I have a sailboat, I hope that is ok. I know one day I will own a trawler but for now I am learning about boating through a sailboat.
Thanks for a great site.
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That's OK... I have a sailboat too and no one has thrown rotten fruit yet
Welcome to the forum!
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09-02-2015, 03:45 PM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
Vessel Model: Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,270
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Coast1, when Janet H welcomes you, that's special.
A sail boat is a great way to learn. Then you will appreciate a power boat all the more.
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09-02-2015, 03:47 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: St. Marks, Florida
Vessel Name: Morgan
Vessel Model: Gulfstar 36
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,670
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Quote:
Originally Posted by coast1
Now if you look up my profile you will see that I have a sailboat, I hope that is ok. I know one day I will own a trawler but for now I am learning about boating through a sailboat.
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Lots of stuff on here that is applicable to both power boats and sailboats. For example, the new thread which recently was started (and kudos to those who started and are contributing to it) about canvas work (DIY CANVAS TIPS TRICKS . ..)
And then of course there are the never-ending arguments about anchors, wakes (the boating kind), and many many other fascinating subjects. :-)
Oh -- and welcome aboard.
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09-02-2015, 03:52 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 14,857
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Greetings,
Welcome aboard. Ms. JH. Egad! A revelation. I'm sure no-one was aware of your transgressions...Who would have thunk?
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09-02-2015, 03:56 PM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 8,656
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Quote:
Originally Posted by coast1
I have been following this site for years and finally jumped in and joined in by buying a boat. Now if you look up my profile you will see that I have a sailboat, I hope that is ok. I know one day I will own a trawler but for now I am learning about boating through a sailboat.
Thanks for a great site.
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This is a great site. As a sailor I am learning lots about the mysteries of windless movement. Welcome.
Dave
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09-02-2015, 03:59 PM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13,126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Janet H
That's OK... I have a sailboat too and no one has thrown rotten fruit yet
Welcome to the forum!
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...and being a banjo player, she knows rotten fruit when it's thrown her way!
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09-02-2015, 04:07 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Vancouver BC
Vessel Name: Glory
Vessel Model: Catalina 28
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 34
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Again thanks
You are all very generous with your sentiment, thanks.
Out here on the left coast we are privileged to have many areas to explore and one day both MJ and I hope to extend our explore beyond Vancouver, maybe on a trawler. For now we are thoroughly enjoying our time of learning and stretching our comfort zone.
I like fruit.
Graham
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09-02-2015, 04:21 PM
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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: 4,488
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Welcome
Coast1 ...
I was surprised to see quite a few sailors convert to trawlers...
and openly admit they liked the switch!
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2008 MS 34 HT Trawler
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09-02-2015, 05:37 PM
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Guru
City: Las Vegas/West Coast
Vessel Name: Pairadice
Vessel Model: Selene 47
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 1,776
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Graham, welcome to the dark side.
And no worries about the type of boat your in right now. I'm sure it still has a motor, and from my travels in the PNW, more times than not, all sailboats motor more than sail.
Enjoy the water!
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09-02-2015, 05:46 PM
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Guru
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Vessel Name: Xanadu
Vessel Model: Mainship 37 Motor Yacht
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,355
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Quote:
Originally Posted by coast1
I have been following this site for years and finally jumped in and joined in by buying a boat. Now if you look up my profile you will see that I have a sailboat, I hope that is ok. I know one day I will own a trawler but for now I am learning about boating through a sailboat.
Thanks for a great site.
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NO!!! No rag-boaters allowed! Get out! How did you even get in here? Somebody terminate his account, quick. Let this guy in and the next thing you know they'll start building trawlers with really awkward ladders down into the saloon, cockpits that need drains in heavy weather, drastically uncomfortable berths (still have a knot on my head from whacking the ceiling in the aft berth on that Jeanneau 45), and all the ports (windows) will turn into narrow slitty little things around the top edges of the saloon walls so you can't see outside unless you climb onto the settee. And hand-pump toilets (squee, squee, squee). And engines behind the salon stairs that are even more inaccessible than they are now. And keel bolts and chain plates that have to be replaced constantly. And million dollar props that need to collapse or feather when under sail. And stoves on gimbals so food doesn't tilt everywhere when you're heeling. And the only dining table you have on deck is some collapsible thing in the cockpit, so it becomes impossible to move anywhere once you have the table leaves up. [Shudder] Ugh, sailboats, get that guy out of here.
Oh, and instead of firing up 700 glorious thundering horses of power and spinning two big 24 inch shiny bronze propellers like the departure scene from Titanic, gliding out of my slip like the Queen Mary, I have to strain my neck and squint into the sun and risk skin cancer to constantly watch two little tiny pieces of yarn fluttering in the wind to make sure my telltales are lying flat on both sides of the sail. Perish the thought.
AND! I have to risk cracking my skull on the boom like a chicken's egg with an accidental jibe. Or those infernal rolling furlers that never stinking work properly. And good luck easily getting Granny on a sailboat, sugar scoop transom or not. Don't get me started. Masochist.
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09-02-2015, 06:00 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: 1,965
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Thanks for a great site from a new member
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Originally Posted by dhays
This is a great site. As a sailor I am learning lots about the mysteries of windless movement. Welcome.
Dave
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Dave,
Unlike your avatar, trawler owners rarely have a need to dress in arctic winter clothes in summer so they can stand outside all leaned over at weird angles!!! Nothing better on the water than to stand on a horizontal sole in short sleeves holding a coffee mug!
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1986 GB-42 Classic
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09-02-2015, 07:09 PM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13,126
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Yup!! Gotta love those sailor outfits! But if you're gonna steer from outside at the ass end of your boat, you've got to dress for it. I prefer shorts and a t-shirt, thank you very much!
Of course, we welcome all sail-boaters with the knowledge that they are all on the same mission as the rest of us...the quest for comfort boating! The rest of us have just traveled the road earlier or faster or more directly than our wind-dependent brethren.
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09-02-2015, 08:07 PM
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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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I can't compete with the rest of the welcomes, but, WELCOME ABOARD anyway!
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09-02-2015, 08:53 PM
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Guru
City: Sidney
Vessel Name: RochePoint
Vessel Model: 1985 Cheer Men PT38 Sedan
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,609
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Welcome from across the pond!
Don't worry about the sailboat, I think most started this way....I know we did......
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09-02-2015, 09:14 PM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13,126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rochepoint
Welcome from across the pond!
Don't worry about the sailboat, I think most started this way....I know we did...... 
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Like alcoholism and other life issues which often need to be addressed, the first step in fixing a problem is acknowledging that you have a problem. Kudos to our new 'sailor friends' who have come out of the canvas closet here on Trawler Forum. We're here for you, fellas!
The shortest road to recovery (and a comfortable boat) is the straight one.
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09-02-2015, 09:38 PM
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Guru
City: Powell River, BC
Vessel Name: Northern Spy
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 26
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 3,790
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The canvas closet... Nice one FlyWright.
Welcome.
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09-02-2015, 10:11 PM
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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
Posts: 8,395
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bacchus
Coast1 ...
I was surprised to see quite a few sailors convert to trawlers...
and openly admit they liked the switch! 
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Absolutely, no qualms re the change to motor, (as one ages, and one's children also get older, crouching gets harder and privacy more essential), but have many happy memories of our family's early sailing days. Some of the best...
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