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11-03-2016, 10:33 AM
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Newbie
City: Malmö
Vessel Name: Cumulus II
Vessel Model: Swift Trawler 34
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 3
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Trawler dreamer with a twist...
New user here... Introduce yerself to be accepted by the community as the rules of society dictates...
So...
One of these "dreamers" that wanted to travel the worlds aboard a heavy Nordhavn... But of course without the economical means to even buy a rubber dinghy... Spent last ten years googling, trolling forums, gazing youtube videos etc on the subject.
Then recently by the grace of the lord (and some hard work as well i must add) i really got the means to buy that N55... However during that time i also built a family and have a boy with special needs, so being offshore for longer times do not work as well as the fantasy dictated.
However, i just this weekend found a very fresh example of my "second choice", the Swift Trawler 34. Signed the papers and had time for just one short day-trip, then the first snowflakes fell (i live in Scandinavia).
So now the "dream" is on shore for the winter, and i am brushing up my captain-skills! Expect a lot of stupid questions from this not so salty dog that may or may not have any connection to real seamanship.
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11-03-2016, 10:38 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: St. Marks, Florida
Vessel Name: Morgan
Vessel Model: Gulfstar 36
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,673
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Welcome aboard. Glad to have you with us. Please share your dream with us as you pursue it -- the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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John
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11-03-2016, 10:49 AM
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Guru
City: Satsuma FL
Vessel Name: No Mo Trawla
Vessel Model: Hurricane SS188
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 2,300
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Welcome! Your second choice is better than my first choice!
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11-03-2016, 10:55 AM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13,719
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Welcome aboard!
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11-03-2016, 11:28 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,458
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Welcome to the forum! Priority one is getting on the water. Everything else is just an upgrade.
Ted
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Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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11-03-2016, 12:27 PM
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Guru
City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,195
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Interesting situation we can all learn greater appreciation from. Glad you could make a choice for a vessel that was actually on your short list. Welcome aboard.
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Larry
"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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11-03-2016, 06:00 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: 12,549
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Welcome!
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Kar-KEEN-ez Koot
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11-04-2016, 02:10 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Hobsonville, Auckland
Vessel Name: Nordic Blue
Vessel Model: Nimbus 380 Commander
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 99
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Welcome. You'll learn a lot here.
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11-04-2016, 03:37 AM
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Newbie
City: Malmö
Vessel Name: Cumulus II
Vessel Model: Swift Trawler 34
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 3
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Thank you all for the warm welcome!
Nice to see a forum with friendly people and a lot of activity!
Bought her in Stockholm and she has to lay over there for the winter.
Will assemble some friends and ferry her for a few days down to Malmö where i have my slip. Will be a interesting endevaour, previous experience have just been laser-sailing and some 90:s american daycruisers.
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11-04-2016, 04:32 AM
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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: 10,030
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Yes...welcome mb66, and get ready for a really steep learning curve. However, that is all good, because if you look at it with hindsight, that is after you have learnt a lot, it will look like a slide, and steep slides are fun..! I think..? 
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Pete
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11-04-2016, 05:56 AM
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Guru
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 37
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 1,104
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Hej till dig och Välkommen till forum.
Tyvärr är säsongen här i Norden kort, men ack så vacker.
Last night the air was-6 ° c, nice boats here in the Forum, nou ice��, a lot of lessons to be learned from other trawler people ...
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