Hello everyone.
I’ve grown up a sailor, with my family’s boats being a pearson 30, Catalina 30, and an island packet 38. From there, I now own a 40’ Luhrs fishing boat. My wife and I are looking to run from Mystic CT down the intracoastal in the next couple years, and I have been looking at a variety of different boats, but range has lead me to the trawler category.
With a family of 5, I am looking in the 50-60’ range, twin engines, and a sizable range. Coming from sailboats, I got tired of running everywhere at 6-7 knots, and with my Luhrs, I run at about 10-12 knots which suits me fine.
So I started by coming across the Hatteras LRC 58, but it doesn’t seem to have the ability to move up over 10 knots if needed, which concerns me. I like everything about the boat, except for the lack of top end.
To the point (sorry for rambling), I would welcome anyone’s input on types/makes that would give me a good 2000 nm range, top speed of 12knots or better, room for 5 comfortably, and of course, doesn’t break the bank.
Thanks
I’ve grown up a sailor, with my family’s boats being a pearson 30, Catalina 30, and an island packet 38. From there, I now own a 40’ Luhrs fishing boat. My wife and I are looking to run from Mystic CT down the intracoastal in the next couple years, and I have been looking at a variety of different boats, but range has lead me to the trawler category.
With a family of 5, I am looking in the 50-60’ range, twin engines, and a sizable range. Coming from sailboats, I got tired of running everywhere at 6-7 knots, and with my Luhrs, I run at about 10-12 knots which suits me fine.
So I started by coming across the Hatteras LRC 58, but it doesn’t seem to have the ability to move up over 10 knots if needed, which concerns me. I like everything about the boat, except for the lack of top end.
To the point (sorry for rambling), I would welcome anyone’s input on types/makes that would give me a good 2000 nm range, top speed of 12knots or better, room for 5 comfortably, and of course, doesn’t break the bank.
Thanks