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Pelican, our new to us, Conboy 39' pilot house trawler is now on our mooring in Connecticut on the Mystic River. Other than the fog and weather (Alberto) the trip north was unevental, everything worked just fine, the Lehman averaged 7 knots at 1850 RPM's burning a bit less than 2GPH. We have a...

Our conversion to the dark side is complete.* We have purchased Pelican, a Conboy 39' Pilot House Trawler, originally listed Yachtworld at:* http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1982/Joseph-L.-Conboy-Pilothouse-2438525/New-Bern/NC/United-States * It has passed survey and all is left is write...

Our*primary anchor on our 25,000 lb sailboat was a 66lb Bruce on an all chain rode.* for a storm anchor we also carried a Fortress FX57 with about 30' of chain and the rest nylon rode.* The Bruce never failed us, it held in almost all bottoms except very soft mud.* We sat out two named storms...

I don't want to start a P***ing match, but maybe read my post a bit more carefully. I did not say I was looking for a true displacement hull, I said I would be running at displacement speeds. I agree, there are few vessels, other than sail boats, in the mid 30' range that are true displacement...

Speed: Never allow a sail boater to drive a vessel that goes more than 10 knots! Seriously, economy is one reason. We'll cover between 800 to 1,000 miles in six months. The truth is that even on our 13 ton sailboat, while coastal cruising, we had the motor running at least 50% of the time...

We are knowledgeable cruising sailors who are now looking at trawlers.* For about half the year we live aboard and cruise.* We are looking at a number of mid 30 footers, and one of the boats we've heard about is the Prairie 36, the 29 is a bit too small for our life style.* Any 36 owners out...

We are knowledgeable cruising sailors who are now looking for a trawler.* For about half the year we live aboard and cruise, almost exclusively at anchor.* Having dealt with "Leaky Teaky's," replaced rotten cores, re-bedded hardware, varnished, etc., etc., we're no longer up for much more than...