Yes, it's funny to pull into a harbor with mega plastic fantastic yachts and have people come over and ask about her. Always draws interest. Fear of steel and corrosion is misplaced. The big difference with steel is you can see the problem- if it arises- as rust leaching. Compared to...
Yes, selling will be very traumatic. Maybe no buyer will show up and we'll get to keep her! I'll be on the boat for two weeks starting May 8 so if anyone wants to see her let me know!
No washer or dryer included. There is space in the saloon (it's a saloon, not a salon as per the breaker panel :) )but I always thought if I ever installed one it would go in the engine room as there is space there and keep the noise out of the living space. There is also ample room in the...
I added a VIDEOS tab to steel-trawler.com and posted a few videos. Not what you're looking for since I don't have any interior videos, but there is a haul out video and I'll try to dig out some more....
Yes, many great memories. More important I hope the kids will have her in mind for many years beyond mine. To encourage you some, we lived in Friday Harbor when we purchased her. A delivery crew took her from Annapolis down the ICW to Ft Lauderdale where she was put on a transport to...
Yes, Chuck is (was) the man! RIP. Covid took him last year. I think he was actually very under rated as a designer. His experience ranged from USCG work to Cape Horn trawlers and my favorite motorsailers by Cheoy Lee. His designs are very thorough and based on solid mathematical principles...
Newbie here first post. Owned her for 14 years. Great boat but live too far from the coast to get enough use to justify keeping her. Massive but beautiful and draws attention in every port. Sailed her down west coast from San Juans to Ensenada and east coast Key West, Bahamas, ICW and landed...