angus99
Guru
As part of our prep for buying a trawler within the next couple years, my wife and I want to increase our knowledge and hone our skills. I doubt we'll end up as permanent live-aboards, but we do plan to do some extensive cruising, including the loop most likely at a leisurely pace over a period of a couple years.
I've been boating for the better part of 50 years, with experience on cabin cruisers up to 30 feet (earlier in life) and sail up to 76 feet. My wife's experience is about 20 years, mostly with 20-foot skiffs and up to 46-foot sail. (That's her on the helm in my avatar.) Long-story short, neither of us feel qualified yet to deal with a 40-foot plus trawler, so we plan to take some courses, do some charters and read, read read.
We would appreciate any recommendations on the most useful boating courses to take, especially if anyone knows of such in the Philadelphia/Valley Forge area. Also, if we could get some recommendations for good places to charter a trawler in the same vicinity -- including the Chesapeake -- that would be fabulous. Finally, we're reading this and other online trawler sources, but I'd really appreciate any book recommendations you might have.
Thanks very much.
I've been boating for the better part of 50 years, with experience on cabin cruisers up to 30 feet (earlier in life) and sail up to 76 feet. My wife's experience is about 20 years, mostly with 20-foot skiffs and up to 46-foot sail. (That's her on the helm in my avatar.) Long-story short, neither of us feel qualified yet to deal with a 40-foot plus trawler, so we plan to take some courses, do some charters and read, read read.
We would appreciate any recommendations on the most useful boating courses to take, especially if anyone knows of such in the Philadelphia/Valley Forge area. Also, if we could get some recommendations for good places to charter a trawler in the same vicinity -- including the Chesapeake -- that would be fabulous. Finally, we're reading this and other online trawler sources, but I'd really appreciate any book recommendations you might have.
Thanks very much.