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Hello - About three years ago, while docked at Stock Island, outside of Key West, I saw a mid-1960's Hatteras in the 50 foot range, that had been owned by the same family since new. I met the owner briefly, and unfortunately, I can't recall the name of the owner, nor the name of the boat, but...

Hello All, As many on the forum, I'm asking for advice. We have recently sold our trawler, having lived and traveled on board for seven years. We loved the lifestyle, but going forward, we want to travel by other means, to inland locations, and internationally. And selling our boat freed up...

Hello, I have a 1991 GB 36 classic, with a hatch that slides open (forward) on stainless slides. It is a fiberglass shell. Recently, what looks like a piece of wood has come loose from underneath the shell, on the forward lip. The wood keeps the hatch from sliding more than an inch or two...

Please disregard this post. I figured it out. I can't seem to find out how to delete the post. Hello, Our '91 Grand Banks classic has three A/C units. The seawater pump feeds a common manifold, and there are three thru hulls for the discharge. The seawater discharges from all three...

Hello, I have accumulated a quantity of 105 PassageMaker magazines from roughly 1999 to 2007. Few skipped months. No duplicates, in excellent condition. Just asking for postage to get them to a new owner. Mike 615-804-9031 Franklin, Tennessee

Hello All, This will be a long one - I need opinions and advice as to a fuel problem. I have twin Lehman 135's, with Racors on each. Recently, I replaced my non-working Racor gauges with new, and changed filters. 50 hours or so later, my port Racor gauge began rapidly jumping from zero (around...

Hello - Hours ago, we plugged up to 50 amp shore power, visiting a marina, and our voltage gauge shows 120, as normal. All of our AC plugs and devices work, except our air conditioners. I assume that the on/off switches have circuit breakers, and none of them have thrown. We started the...

Hello, As a relatively new trawler owner ('91 GB 36), I'm not sure what my fresh water pump cycle should be. I had some concern that it was cycling too frequently. There is a Jabsco 30573 accumulator, and I suspected it needed more air pressure. I have not addressed that, but I did install a...

Hello, We finally bought out first trawler. We have had some trawler training and have bare boat chartered a GB 36, similar to our new boat. We will be traveling from mid-Florida up to Charleston in the ICW soon. I have the Skipper Bob marina guide, anchorages guide, and an ICW facilities...

Hello, We are considering purchasing a trawler. We have attended a couple of Trawlerfests, etc, and are continuing to educate ourselves on the aspects of cruising. We plan to purchase a used boat in the $350K to $400K range, and have all but settled on Krogens, Selenes, Grand Banks and...

Hello, My wife and I are planning to become cruisers/liveaboards, and are considering which trawler-type boats best serve our needs. We have attended several events, walked quite a few marinas, and have now focused on a few boats that seem best for us. We often read that chartering the model...

Hello, We are ernest wannabees. We have chartered a couple of times, had some trawler training, etc. We intend to do mostly southeastern US cruising, mostly on the ICW, with a possible trip (or trips) to the Bahamas. I know that this will be a controversial question - but we need some opinions...

Hello All, We are considering a new boat. In today's trawler market, there are some manufacturers and models not shown at the dealer dock or the various boat shows because there is no inventory. My understanding is that there are arrangements where a dealer and/or manfacturer may compensate...

Hello All, Pardon what may be a controversial question. My wife and I are wannabees. We have looked at boats, attended a couple of Trawlerfest events, etc. Thinking ahead - as we will eventually sell the boat, we (and particularly my wife) want/need to consider resale. She is of the opinion...

Hello, Please contact me if you have 2010 PassageMaker issues that you would like to sell. Hopefully the entire year (8 issues?), but singles would be OK. Thank you, Wizard

Hello - We have been learning about trawlers, attending some events, etc. for the last year or so. Even took a training course. We plan to do the southeast coast ICW, and maybe the Bahamas. As an admitted "newbie", I admit to have been heavily influenced by Skipper Bob. He says that...

Hello, Has anyone got 2009 and 2010 PassageMaker magazines that you would consider selling? Idealy, I would like entire years, or at least multiple issues. Thank you, Mike 615-804-9031

Hello, My wife & I will hopefully be entering the trawler life soon. We have primarily been looking at boats in the 39 to 46 foot range, typically pilothouse and europa models. Our use would be ICW and Bahamas, with a livaboard aspect. One thing that I can't seem to resolve, is dingy...

Hello, My wife and I are anticipating the trawler lifestyle, and have attended TrawlerFest, visit Yachtworld.com, etc. I have the impression that on those trawlers with flybridges, the flybridges are used the majority of the time for piloting. So for me, it makes sense to look for a...

Hello All, My wife and I anticipate purchasing a trawler.* Our time horizon is two or three years out.* At this point, we would like to get some formalized*hands-on training followed by a bareboat charter, in the same week.* Ideally, we would like to be on the Cheasapeake bay, and on the same...

Hello, I don't have a trawler, but we are anticipating a purchase, and are doing research, attending events, etc. I have read a bit about dinghy selection and storage, but I can't seem to come to any conclusion as to storage.* I think we will end up with a boat that has a mast/boom set-up...

Hello, My wife and I are considering becoming liveaboards for a while, perhaps do the "Loop", etc.* We have attended a couple of Trawler events, and continue to study the subjects of boat selection, USPS courses, etc. One qustion that has come up, is the possibility of one of us falling...

Hello All, I am not new to boating, but most of my boating has been done inland, and I am new to trawlering.* I want to take a series of USPS courses, but since I am a distance from a USPS squadron, I want to take the courses on line, at least those that USPS offers through the University of...

Hello All, As an ernest newbie, I am looking at all angles.* One of which is ground transportation.* All things considered, for me, I think a bicycle would work best.* Of course just like boats, all bike types are some form of compromise.* It seems like a bike with detachible*rear saddle bags...

Hello All, I'm looking at trawlers, etc. for future ICW (maybe Bahamas) cruising.* I am an ernest newbie.* In trying to educate myself, and looking at fuel consumption, I am developing a real concern that my cruising ability will be limited by fuel costs. I seems like most trawlers are over...