Drifting Way of Life
Newbie
Hey, I am new to this board and looking to benefit from folks who have a lot more experience than me with trawlers. I am on the threshold of a new chapter and am seriously considering buying a trawler and taking a long slow boat ride. I am quite experienced with sailboats, having owned several including a cruising cat I lived on and cruised for nearly five years. My current admiral has made it clear that if I want to go boating again, she requires more creature comforts than a sailboat is going to allow, thus I am starting to look at trawlers. Specifically I am looking for something that is long range capable and blue water capable. The rest of the details are negotiable. Having spent some time in contorted positions in small sailboat engine spaces, I would prefer to have reasonable engine access - I am not as young nor flexible as I once was. Suggestions, ideas and questions to help me clarify my thought process and thus selection criteria are more than welcome. Also, I am not absolutely committed to the open water route and may be willing to consider something like the Loop as a break in for the admiral, or as a friend suggested, the inside passage. At this point in time the options are all open.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance