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We do our boating primarily on beautiful Lake Michigan out of Chicago. When we boat over to the Michigan or the Wisconsin side, we generally hug the shoreline for the most part. This upcoming season we are considering some extended destinations. We are considering more of a direct route, lake...

Thanks jimmy!

Greetings. We have a 50’ trawler in a Chicago harbor. We recently retired and a little more boating time is now available. Have an interest in cruising around Lake Michigan, may not all around first trip out, but maybe a partial initially and expand from there. This is our third season with...

Ran the engines this weekend at the dock. RPM’s reached 2000 on both engines with and with the synch engaged in neutral It was to windy to take her out to test while actually cruising, first test yielded good results

All this discussion has been beneficial, in thinking about all the comments, it dawned on me that we have a low rpm switch, it might just be this toggle switch got pushed. Anther item to check next trip to the boat. Thanks again

I will try this test with engines in neutral and synch off and pushing up the throttles one at a time to check rpm levels. Thanks everyone. Appreciate all the feedback. Open for all ideas to solve this

I will try this next trip to the boat! I had a large group with me so I just want to ensure we got back to the harbor so I didn’t try anything during the trip

That’s absolutely correct. Engines started, we boated for 2 hours, engines ran great, just not more rpm’s as we pushed the throttle forward

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We have a GB with twin Cummins Cat 8.3engines. Ran 150 hours this spring on various rivers. Engines ran exceptionally. Boat sat for a few weeks with no engine start. Took our boat out yesterday and could only get up to 1200 rpm’s We like to get up to 1700 rpm’s in order to engage the turbos...

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Thanks for sharing - hope to see a few GB at a boat show or 2 this year. Working with a buyer broker as well to assist in our efforts to find our GB.

Thank you for sharing your experience - most appreciative. Glad you found the right boat!!! We are on our quest to find the sale!

We are considering moving up from our cruiser to a trawler boat and from pictures and articles, the GB quality seems to top notch and second to none. The 46EU has caught our eye in particular as have the 41 and 43. Interested in GB owners experience with the 46, pros, cons, pluses, minus, if you...

As we enter our after-work phase of life, we have an interest in a trawler style for our next boat (and that's why I'm here). The Grand Banks EU model has caught our eye (a used model of course) something in the 40 - 47' range. Where can one go to view some of the GB boats in person? Is...

As retirement is just around the corner for us, we are strongly considering a trawler for next season. This vessel would be to replace our current 35' cruiser we have on Chicago's Lake Michigan. We look forward to further exploring Lake Michigan, down the Illinois River and beyond at a more...

Well the 2 vessels we are looking at at the Swift 41 and Ranger 41 so not planning to trailer.

Swift vs Ranger Are you referring to dependability of the IPS drives or something else

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Greetings and Happy Saturday - We are shopping for a trawler, on-line for the most part, due to winter conditions and COVID. We did recently did go see a Swift 47 in person. Interest was in the quality of the vessel. We do like the layout of the Swift 41 over the 47. This past week spent some...

Any updates from the Swift 41 owners. Looking at the 41 Fly Bridge version. Checks all of our boxes. Waiting for a couple used ones to come onto the market.

The Swift 41 has a great layout both in the main cabin and on the fly-bridge. As you mention, great economy at slow speeds yet can get up and go if you need to. Good room aboard and moving around the side. Love the side door feature, My climbing through he center is getting to be a pain...

Just joined TF. Boating for many years. Currently own a Chaparral 330 on Lake Michigan. Plan to retire next year and cruise around Lake Michigan initially and then explore the other Great Lakes. After 30+ years of bouncing around my wife recently shared it's not as much fun anymore to hang on as...