Hello there from another former lurker
- Thread starter Daveo
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RT Firefly
Enigma
Greetings,
Welcome aboard.
Welcome aboard.
healhustler
Guru
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- Bucky
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- Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Welcome to the forum. Full displacement will leave you with few choices. I bet ya get talked out of it here. Best of luck.
Crusty Chief
Guru
Daveo,
Luck and perseverance will pay off, we closed on our boat a few weeks back, hope to post that experiance in the next few weeks. Right now just enjoying the time onboard and doing the cleaning and fixing of simple things that were neglected over the last few years.
It's all good, and hope you find your dream!
Luck and perseverance will pay off, we closed on our boat a few weeks back, hope to post that experiance in the next few weeks. Right now just enjoying the time onboard and doing the cleaning and fixing of simple things that were neglected over the last few years.
It's all good, and hope you find your dream!
SCOTTEDAVIS
Guru
Greetings!! and good luck.
Toolbuddie
Senior Member
Greetings, and Welcome..
If you have been lurking for a year you must have some idea what you are looking for in the way of features, Must haves, Want to haves, that sort of thing. Don't keep us waiting, Spill it Daveo!!
If you have been lurking for a year you must have some idea what you are looking for in the way of features, Must haves, Want to haves, that sort of thing. Don't keep us waiting, Spill it Daveo!!
OP
OP
Daveo
Veteran Member
Nordhavn taste on a TT budget
Thanks for the good wishes. Title sums me up pretty well, Toolbuddie. My most wanted is a Nordhavn 47, though a Selene, Crusty Chief, would also work just fine
. Looking for slow, efficient, single engine, 40-45 ft, two cabin with flybridge and cockpit. Pilothouse a plus. Every desire is open to compromise, just need to be able to sleep aboard comfortably, and it has to float. Main thing is to get out on the water again.
Thanks for the good wishes. Title sums me up pretty well, Toolbuddie. My most wanted is a Nordhavn 47, though a Selene, Crusty Chief, would also work just fine
. Looking for slow, efficient, single engine, 40-45 ft, two cabin with flybridge and cockpit. Pilothouse a plus. Every desire is open to compromise, just need to be able to sleep aboard comfortably, and it has to float. Main thing is to get out on the water again.
Nomad Willy
Guru
Daveo,
Check the Willard sites. There's usually 4 or 5 for sale.
But it dosn't sound like you really are looking for a full displacement vessel.
Check the Willard sites. There's usually 4 or 5 for sale.
But it dosn't sound like you really are looking for a full displacement vessel.
Bay Pelican
Moderator Emeritus
Welcome aboard. As to your search try and figure out (realistically)what you will be doing with the boat. The boat that would be ideal for the East Coast and the Atlantic ICW may not be the best boat for the islands. If you are intending to stay north of southern New Jersey then the boat may be different then if you intend to spend your time in the Southeast and Florida.
I have a full displacement and have been almost everywhere east of the Mississippi. At times the boat was ideal. At times marina hopping in the southeast it was not.
Good luck
I have a full displacement and have been almost everywhere east of the Mississippi. At times the boat was ideal. At times marina hopping in the southeast it was not.
Good luck
Blissboat
Guru
Welcome aboard, Daveo, from here in Jacksonville Beach. Your tastes / preferences sound sensible to me. I look forward to reading about your search. Good luck (which can make up for a lot of things)!
markpierce
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- penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
That rules out virtually all twin-engine boats.
I'm content with a single-engine, not-exceeding-hull-speed boat. Most trawler forum members are not.
