kief
Member
After 2 plus years of listening, reading, taking notes, and whittling the list down, my wife and I closed on a 2002 Camano Troll last Friday. A fellow TF member in the Galveston Bay area was moving up in size and had seen my "boat wanted" post and reached out privately. I was fortunate as the boat has been well maintained. Standard Camano setup: 200hp TAMD41 (please let me enjoy my boat for a day or two before the anti-volvo crowd chimes in,
), Entech 4200 generator, and 4 year old Raymarine electronics (radar, eS78 plotters, autopilot) along with a new AIS and 2 new Icoms. My head is swimming going through all the owners manuals, but as I'm now retired I've got nothing but time!
The boat's being trucked to Jacksonville, and I will be leaving Jax probably on Friday heading up to Deale, MD. I found another fellow TF member who not only delivers but, crazily enough, enjoys training. Since I'm moving up from smaller, inland lakes, I think a week or so with the trainer is money well spent.
I'm hoping to post a note every day or two as we come north for those who may be interested and I'm sure I'll have several questions along the way. Too that end, I would like to preface my trip by saying I am extremely grateful for all those who give of their time and expertise to help us newer folks. This is an incredible resource and despite not even physically having my boat for two more days I have benefited a ton already.
And if anyone reads this and realizes they're a day or two ahead of us I would be grateful for any reports on ICW conditions. Thanks.
Peter
The boat's being trucked to Jacksonville, and I will be leaving Jax probably on Friday heading up to Deale, MD. I found another fellow TF member who not only delivers but, crazily enough, enjoys training. Since I'm moving up from smaller, inland lakes, I think a week or so with the trainer is money well spent.
I'm hoping to post a note every day or two as we come north for those who may be interested and I'm sure I'll have several questions along the way. Too that end, I would like to preface my trip by saying I am extremely grateful for all those who give of their time and expertise to help us newer folks. This is an incredible resource and despite not even physically having my boat for two more days I have benefited a ton already.
And if anyone reads this and realizes they're a day or two ahead of us I would be grateful for any reports on ICW conditions. Thanks.
Peter