Eric is my name and Trawlers are my game, ok let's be serious. Born and raised in Sweden, way up north (65.5848° N, 22.1567° E). Lived about 7 years in Denton, TX but moved back home in 2004.
Body = 61 years old
Mind = 30'ish
Grown daughter say I'm 12 sometimes.
I was going to retire in Thailand with my Thai wife (married 17 years), but lately I figure out that living on a Trawler in the Meds would be nicer. Especially financely due to the fact we are EU citizen. Cheaper boat insurance, almost free healthcare, cheap cell covering etc etc.
So I got about 4 years left before my retirement, been starting to check out different trawlers. My budget is about $50-60' for a 40 footer (12m), I don't wanna go bigger then 40 because all the moring and hard fees in the Meds go up a lot with bigger boats then 40 feet.
This is NOT a wanted post, just telling you guys about myself.
I was basically born on the water, my parents had a summer house out on one of the beautiful islands in Luleå ( no roads). Got my first boat when I was 14, 4 meters and 25 hp. I got a Inshore Diploma and have had a couple of bigger boats during my life span.
The problem I'm running in to at this moment is, all the boats I'm interested in are in the US or Canada. I keep surfing sale ads in Europe but not much for sale here that fits my criteria. I know I could just float over the pawn but I would like to get what ever boat I'm buying up on the hard and go over it with a fine tooth come first. I'm an old school mechanic with all kind of skills ;-)
I guess that's a little about me, thanks for a great forum. Cheers from Sweden.
Body = 61 years old
Mind = 30'ish
Grown daughter say I'm 12 sometimes.
I was going to retire in Thailand with my Thai wife (married 17 years), but lately I figure out that living on a Trawler in the Meds would be nicer. Especially financely due to the fact we are EU citizen. Cheaper boat insurance, almost free healthcare, cheap cell covering etc etc.
So I got about 4 years left before my retirement, been starting to check out different trawlers. My budget is about $50-60' for a 40 footer (12m), I don't wanna go bigger then 40 because all the moring and hard fees in the Meds go up a lot with bigger boats then 40 feet.
This is NOT a wanted post, just telling you guys about myself.
I was basically born on the water, my parents had a summer house out on one of the beautiful islands in Luleå ( no roads). Got my first boat when I was 14, 4 meters and 25 hp. I got a Inshore Diploma and have had a couple of bigger boats during my life span.
The problem I'm running in to at this moment is, all the boats I'm interested in are in the US or Canada. I keep surfing sale ads in Europe but not much for sale here that fits my criteria. I know I could just float over the pawn but I would like to get what ever boat I'm buying up on the hard and go over it with a fine tooth come first. I'm an old school mechanic with all kind of skills ;-)
I guess that's a little about me, thanks for a great forum. Cheers from Sweden.