02-12-2015, 01:55 PM
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Guru
City: Powell River, BC
Vessel Name: Northern Spy
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 26
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,075
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wxx3
The others who have commented above have it right on.
But as I was thinking of this response, I understand where you are coming from.
When i first started thinking of this life style, for the first year, as I read everything about Trawlers etc, that was also my impression: Big bucks for rich folks.
Now, i had not found Trawler Forum and wouldn't for a few more years.
When I ran out of the books about power boats crossing oceans, they were virtually all Nordhavns by the way, with 18 redundant features for every nut and boat on board, I was a bit stymied.
Then, out of desperation, I started to read stories of sail boats cruising, etc.
I was never interested in a SV, but after a while, I did see that 90% of what they were doing was applicable to trawlers and they had much more of an attitude of getting it done, without a lot of BS or expensive gadgets.
That pretty much helped to frame our model, that we applied to the Krogen.,
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Sailors read Latitudes and Attitudes to encourage casting off.
Powerboaters read Passagemaker to discourage casting off.
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