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Captain John has advertised that he rents boats specifically for the loop. However, I suspect he does not have any 6 passenger boats for rent/charter. I believe that this is geared mostly to the dreamer who thinks that you have to blow the whole life savings to do this for a year and he is...

Don't knock it till you have tried it. While the words "Yacht Club" sound snooty, most are the complete opposite, at least in our area. Joining will find you socially with a whole new group of people who you might actually like. The reciprocal privileges of being able to use the facilities...

PDQ went under when the Canadian dollar rose. I believe that also coincided with a recession. They were a Canadian company whose primary customers were in the US. Their boats got too expensive, due to the exchange rate and recession, and they went out of business. I have been looking at PDQ for...

To the OP I am a frequent lurker here and an infrequent poster. I am chiming in on this post because I have in common with you that I am planning on doing the loop my first year of retirement and am just not quite ready to do it yet. Being in dreaming mode, without having done it, I have read...

You'll see a lot of power cats that are doing this or attempting to do this. https://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/boats/solar-powered-yachts-with-a-virtually-unlimited-range PassageMaker also did an article on a Beneteaus hybrid power 34 Swift Trawler. If I remember correctly, in addition to...

Without taking a side in the decision, there are two excellent books by Jim and Lisa Favors about trailering a pocket trawler. In one of them they write about their Great Loop trip. They trailer a Ranger 27. I have read both books and suspect that anyone considering the cruising lifestyle would...

Slower is more fuel efficient than faster. Smaller boats are more fuel efficient than larger. Full displacement hulls, especially sailboat hulls, are more fuel efficient than semi displacement. A single prop is more fuel efficient than duel. The same rules seem always to apply. If both speed...

Just a side thought that is currently of little help in this situation. However, the direction of the conversation made me think of it. There are currently apps and devices that allow cell phones to connect with each other without having cellular service. They connect through a "mesh network"...

Jumping in to earlier thoughts. Yanmar now makes 50 hp turbo diesel outboards. You wonder how a pair (or more) of these would do powering a trawler designed from the ground up to use them. https://newatlas.com/yanmar-dtorque-111-turbo-diesel-50hp-outboard/51675/ For those who are worried about...

Was re-reading this thread trying to remember ideas. So am resurrecting this thread after a few months, just a little. Just cleaned out my mom's house a couple of months ago. Similar experiences to others here. Couldn't get the grandkids to take hardly anything. Gave away or sold what was...

Thank you! A lot of reading to gain that little valuable tidbit of knowledge. That opens up a lot of boats. I have been trying to buy the last trawler 1st. Though that currently seems unrealistic. I have always had a thing for Defevers, despite the deeper draft and not so great fuel...

2 parts tequila (must be 100% agave, don't cheat. I personally greatly prefer anejo, though silver is the standard) 1 part some type of orange liquor (Throw any tripple sec you may have overboard. Patron Citronge will suffice. A 50-50 mix of Gran Marnier and Cointreau is ideal,) 1 part simple...

Thanks very much for your reply. It is good to hear from someone who boats similar waters and has the boat that I am looking at. I am sure that you are aware that Helmsman now has a dealership on the Chesapeake. We are still in the decision phase of our boat purchase and, as not yet retired...

John, Wow... Just finished reading this thread from the beginning. Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I hope that you will excuse some questions and observations from a newbie. I am a long term small boat boater on the East Coast, and a wanna be 6 month per year live aboard when I...

Thank you. No, reading this forum for some time now (lurking) I think I will avoid asking about anchors, ideal number of engines, true blue water cruisers, and preferred hull shape, at least for a while.

Thanks, sounds like you are leaning towards liking 2 or more staterooms and 2 heads. Long term thinking seems better, don't want to keep changing boats. Love the boat by the way. DeFevers just will never win an ugly boat contest.

Yes, I accept that. However, I guess that personal opinions are what I am looking for. It seems that most boaters, myself included, form a rationalization that their own boat and lifestyle are the best. I accept that and try to look through it. However, if someone is actually doing this, then it...

There are several issues that we all seem to have dealt with yet the questions and their answers seem to largely go unasked and therefore unanswered. Maybe the reason is that some things that are obvious to the people who are doing something are not so obvious to those who are not. I am hoping...