MurderWriter
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Hello all, I'm not sure if this will be considered an appropriate reason to join, and I will completely understand if not.
But I have joined to ask for some help with a murder mystery book I am writing, set on a Scottish loch. A significant proportion of the action happens aboard a trawler fishing boat. My introduction to Taranis: “Isn’t she a beauty,” Jonathan said as we boarded. Taranis is a 30 foot wooden trawler, with a good-sized cabin that can accommodate three people, four at a squeeze, and several large pieces of equipment.
Her deck and sides are covered in nets, mostly looking broken and tangled, hanging, and draped across the cabin. Her blue paint is peeling, and completely gone in many places, revealing the dark wood beneath, blackened with mould.
Taranis looked like her best days were long behind her, but I guessed you don’t go around insulting a man’s boat, so I smiled. “Yes.”
I have some very basic questions, as I have never sailed in a trawler. If someone would be willing to advise me, that would be awesome.
1. Does someone need to be in the cabin at all times to steer, or is it possible to 'set a course' in a particular direction and then move out on deck?
2. How deep does the hull go in the water?
3. Is this realistic boat that a fisherman working on a Scottish loch would own?
4. Any glaring issues/ problems with the description above?
Thank you so much in advance.
But I have joined to ask for some help with a murder mystery book I am writing, set on a Scottish loch. A significant proportion of the action happens aboard a trawler fishing boat. My introduction to Taranis: “Isn’t she a beauty,” Jonathan said as we boarded. Taranis is a 30 foot wooden trawler, with a good-sized cabin that can accommodate three people, four at a squeeze, and several large pieces of equipment.
Her deck and sides are covered in nets, mostly looking broken and tangled, hanging, and draped across the cabin. Her blue paint is peeling, and completely gone in many places, revealing the dark wood beneath, blackened with mould.
Taranis looked like her best days were long behind her, but I guessed you don’t go around insulting a man’s boat, so I smiled. “Yes.”
I have some very basic questions, as I have never sailed in a trawler. If someone would be willing to advise me, that would be awesome.
1. Does someone need to be in the cabin at all times to steer, or is it possible to 'set a course' in a particular direction and then move out on deck?
2. How deep does the hull go in the water?
3. Is this realistic boat that a fisherman working on a Scottish loch would own?
4. Any glaring issues/ problems with the description above?
Thank you so much in advance.