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Having just read a thread that used the terms "solid" and "cored" hull, I realized that I don't know the difference or why it is important. I've also seen the terms used in describing the floors of some boats with flying bridges. Is it something to be wary-of in looking at (older or newer)...

I just had to chuckle when I read your statement, "dead is still dead". During one of my earlier classes on boat handling, we were aboard a Chris Craft Constellation and I was at the helm. Adjacent to the wheel and throttles, there was a brass placard that read, "Such was the fate of Captain...

As I sit alone in my darkened home this morning, drinking my first cup of coffee, I looked-over the apps on my New iPad and then to the “bookmarks” in my browser. I noticed that I’ve collected several references that provide me with information and entertainment each day. I wondered if...

Rather than hijack a thread where I made some comments that were responded-to by Marin, I decided to start a new thread. So here goes: It is not so much learning about boats that caused me to revisit my long-term love affair with Chapman (and other sailing/cruising books), but rather the...

I'm Back in the Saddle I think I'm one the two "new guys" here, and yes, I've not been online in a while. As I alluded-to in my several previous posts, I have some amount of medical issues I am working to overcome. The past week or so was not kind to me in that I spent it in a hospital bed...

Thanks for the welcome. Before I had a freak accident that changed my life, I also like to walk the boat yards. There, I gained an appreciation of hull designs, especially the chines (if any) and the keel. I just liked the look of the hulls that were more rounded, without chines, and a full...

Thanks, Tom, for your effort and welcome. As I mentioned to you earlier, I actually learned some useful information while I was set ablaze. I accept your offer to stick around. To All: I think I made a mistake of jumping-in too fast and too hard, without surveying the climate here. What...

Thanks for your succinct and honest response. Of course, you are correct. And I was wrong to paint all boats by a manufacturer with my broad, misaligned stroke. Also, I will stop using the term “full displacement” and instead just use “displacement trawler”. Combined with others’ responses...

You are absolutely right about a get-home system but I am not a big fan of 2 engines - because I will undoubtedly find some shoals in my cruising and it seems to me that most dual engine setups have largely unprotected props and shafts. You've also made a good point of not eliminating a boat or...

Thank you very much for the opinion and information on the Krogens. I read an article (I think...my mind gets hazy after reading so many articles) wherein the owner made a trans-Atlantic crossing in a 42' Krogen. It was probably in Passage Maker magazine, but I forget the specifics. I just...

Spoken like a guy who has what looks like a converted shrimp boat! I am not able to redo a boat like you suggest. I have some physical limitations that prevent it. I can't afford to commission a new boat. I haven't hit the lottery. Anyway, I think I am still far from buying anything. I am...

As I just wrote in response to someone else, I was unaware that Nordic Tugs were semi-planing. I guess I assumed from their name that they would be so. Thanks for the advice on the Willard and Lord Nelson Victory Tugs - I had never heard these name before. Not that it makes much difference to...

Sorry to quote your whole message, but I'm too tired right now to tear it into chunks for response. I understand that some terms cause a visceral response in others much as the term "full displacement" caused in you. I would gladly call it something else, but I don't have a term for it yet...

When you're new to a forum, I've found it best to try NOT to ruffle feathers. I am normally quite direct. I will take your indirect advice under consideration.

First answer: the destinations listed were for the near term of 3 years or so. Longer term ideas are not yet plans, but only dreams and they include the southeast Pacific as well as a possible run to Europe and the Med. A secondary reason for a "blue water" boat or one that could survive...

Hi - I just wanted to introduce myself before I began plying you guys (asexual "guys" for you political correctness junkies) with a seemingly unending series of questions. The questions have a single objective: to buy one blue-water trawler, live on it, and spend my remaining days drifting...