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You are going to get a lot of advice on this forum - some good - some not so good. You and your family are setting out on a wonderful journey. Being a trawler owner opens you up to a myriad of questions. experiences, and lots of things that quite frankly are only understood on the water...

Gorgeous boat.

Rule Number 1 - Always have an alternative means of propulsion Rule Number 2 - Remember Rule Number 1 That said I've come over to what most sailors would call the dark side - Grand Banks 36 - twin Lehman 120's. My previous boat was a Westsail 42 with a nice little Perkins when things got ugly...

Who have been dumping sewage into the waterways for too long. I used to live there. Don't much like the East Coast - Sorry - raised in Oregon where people have cared about their surroundings for some time now.

I'm sure other will disagree with you - especially those that are prone to seasickness. But man has been going to sea since before recorded history existed. And the boats that early man used weren't as sea kindly as our new fiberglass hulls that are hydrodynamically designed for efficiency and...

That's exactly what I did. I have a new Quantum 2 with Doppler. When I bought this boat it had a Robertson autopilot, a Raytheon Ray66 VHF radio, a Datamarine depth sounder that sort of worked, the chart plotter was a green screen dot matrix. I thought I'd bought a museum. Since I had...

Just adding my $0.02 to this discussion: Boat - Grand Banks 36 Classic Engines - Lehman 120's with ~ 1600 hours each and a very recent service I recently installed all new Raymarine electronics and had both engines' cooling systems completely cleaned up, installed all new hoses, engine and...

I made the switch and ended up with a Grand Banks 36 with twin Lehmans. She came with low hours on the engines and she is a very well maintained boat - which of course fits exactly what we were looking for. My previous boat was a Westsail 42 and before that an Ericson 27. My wife and I...

Hi Everyone: By way of introduction - Boat - Grand Banks 36 with twin Lehman's - 1982 model with ~ 1600 hours on original engines. Sweet boat. Classic layout. Built in Singapore. This one is my keeper. In late August I'm going to be making the trek uphill from LA (Redondo Beach) to...