Recent content by jeriemil

Here we are in Connecticut. Our Duck was built in China at Seahorse marine. We are planning our big voyages to start in June of 2009. Until then we continue to educate ourselves on Long Island Sound. We have been as far south as the Chesasapeake Bay. We have been to many port on LI Sound...

A 40+ year old steel boat mentioned above seems to have lasted longer than many fiberglass boats of the same age. I see tugboats and other steel boats much older than 40 years that are still going strong. Yes, steel needs to be maintained but now with fully faired hulls and topsides, sprayed...

I have been following this subject for awhile. I think that you are all right to a degree. The most important aspect in buying a boat is to have a clear idea of what kind of sailing you want to do. We were both sailboat people and for all the reasons listed before we chose to buy a trawler. We...

I attended a Mac Boring class in October. It was excellent. Larry Berlin was the instructor, really knows the diesels well and can communicate the material in an interesting and useful format. I recommend it highly. You take an engine apart and then you put it back together.

Thanks for the suggestions. I like the idea of the quilt. Last year when it got very cold we used a blanket, a smaller quilt would work nicely. We put up a tarp over the stern seating area draping it over the boon. Well it lasted one day before it was torn from the grommets with the wind. We...

This is our second winter on board in Connecticut. We have a Webasto diesel furnace that has worked well so far. Last year right after Thanksgiving all the boats started the shrink wrap procedure. I looked at my husband in fear and asked if we were going to have to put on the plastic. We asked...

The Diesel Duck is a George Buehler design fashioned afer the NW salmon trollers. He felt that the Salmon troller of the NW made the best sense for a cruising powerboat because they were not like those "bull dozers of the sea," trawlers. They had a more efficient hull due to the fact that...

Speaking of bows.* This is bow of our Diesel Duck in the Baltimore Harbor this summer. On one side of the bow is the draft in metric and the other side -in feet.