We live close to the Trent canal system in Ontario, Canada. So, fourteen sailboats later (including a 26’ x 20’ catamaran we had built in China and transported back to Canada) and admitting we can’t physically manage sails, lines and winches so easily anymore, we are ready to make the move to a trawler.
We were planning on using our last sailboat - a Saturna 33 pilothouse to travel The Loop but soon realized accomodations were a bit too small for a long trip and we sold it after some refurbishing.
Now what to buy? I’m reluctant to have gas inboards, having experienced these in some sailboats and also reading about crazy high fuel costs, so a single diesel with a bow thruster makes sense to me. There’s just the two of us so 32-36’ seems the right size range. I like the layout of the Marine Trader 34, what other boats should we be looking at? Our budget is not huge - up to $50k.
We were planning on using our last sailboat - a Saturna 33 pilothouse to travel The Loop but soon realized accomodations were a bit too small for a long trip and we sold it after some refurbishing.
Now what to buy? I’m reluctant to have gas inboards, having experienced these in some sailboats and also reading about crazy high fuel costs, so a single diesel with a bow thruster makes sense to me. There’s just the two of us so 32-36’ seems the right size range. I like the layout of the Marine Trader 34, what other boats should we be looking at? Our budget is not huge - up to $50k.
