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Just an update on my progress on "project dream" :) At this stage its going to plan and I might be able to get it by mid next year... depends on a few things.. not least the approval of my wife on the timing... when we first agreed we'd live on a boat it was to be "a couple of years away" a...

Yep will keep it in mind Peter. Some nice boats on that site Allan - some I remember from boatpoint but I think there might be quite a few that I haven't seen before thanks.

That's a nice boat thanks Peter - but the US one is around $100k cheaper if I allow $50k more to get it here? I guess it is 5 years newer tho... and might have shore power etc setup for here...

I'm sure you guys get sick of "how about this one?" type questions but here's just one more I promise! :) Perhaps something like this would have better sea-keeping ability and still be an ok size for me...

Thanks for all the comments and advice - so much to consider and so many designs to choose from! :) Those 36 footers might be good for just me and my wife.. or a couple of the kids as a weekender... one option we do have is to downgrade the house to a unit and get something like this and...

Thanks for your thoughts Peter I appreciate them.* "djambalawa" means "sea-eagle" in some aboriginal dialects up this way and was the name of one of my trailerable boats :)* I have some "adopted family" from Maningrida. Will keep an eye on the oz events area - maybe I can convince people to...

*Thanks Waterhawk yeah it has some appeal to me somehow too :) Australia's a big place - but around where I am on the north tropical coast its pretty shallow.* 20 miles offshore where you can't see land its still only about 60' deep in most places.** We take our 15' aluminium boats out this far...

Hi folks just stumbled upon this site and it looks great! My wife and I are keen to livaboard a trawler in Darwin Australia.** We'd live in Darwin Harbour and still work in the city in the short term but we'd want to cruise along the TopEnd coast when we can.* We might have a couple of...