Recent content by JimMurphy

I needed this thank you!

Thanks for the link.

Roger. I think having it as a contingency will help avoid any surprises or conflict on the day of the sea trial.

titlrider - Good point. Thanks.

BandB, good advice. Perhaps I'll change "sea trial" in the contingency to "sea trial including Gulf waters."

boatpoker, thanks for the link. Already started reading. Appreciate it

Scary, thank you! That is quite a list. Along with all the other onboard equipment, the surveyor is going to have a full day (and obviously earn his fee). The broker gave me a long list of surveyors and said I could pick any one of them or find my own. My friend used a surveyor we really...

Hamrow, that's all great advice. Thank you! We did not have a sea trial before. The boat is in Orange Beach and would probably be hauled out at Barber's Marina so the sea trial will likely be in Wolf Bay...plenty of room to maneuver. We could hit the Gulf given sufficient time, and I'd sure...

I'm not sure this is the right spot for this discussion, but here goes. I've gotten some good advice here already about a marine survey - hull survey, separate Yanmar diesel survey, and oil analysis (both engines, transmission, and generator). All great and I think puts me well on my way if...

Thank you, RTF.

Thank you, H. I figure most of the time I would be doing 7 knots to nowhere and wouldn't burn much.

Thanks, Scott. I'm sure you are spot on. I've heard only good things about Endeavour.

Greetings. I've run across TF a few times and found it again while researching Endeavour Trawler Cats and figured it was time to join. My longtime girlfriend and I having been looking at the 44 Trawler Cats since we were first introduced to one earlier this year. We do not currently own a...

Hi Joe, nice to see you on here. Did you ever decide on a boat? V/R Murph