healhustler
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2009
- Messages
- 5,198
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Bucky
- Vessel Make
- Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Even with years of acknowledgment from other hailing crafts, bridge masters and commercial vessels, I feel I have to put my trawler masquerade to rest and come out of the ''cruiser'' closet.
I thought the trawl net and fish hold installation would put me over the top, but alas, in a search for additional support from the designer/builder, I scoured the original Kadey Krogen Manatee brochure for the "T" word reference, and it was absent.
The original KK Manatee Brochure reads:
“Salty. Agile. At ease with the sea. The Manatee is a new breed of coastal cruiser that cuts through ……”
And later, it reads:
“Under way or anchor down, this is a cruiser you can call “home” with pride.”
However, I did find this in the text also:
“for seafarers who prefer an able, fine-honed, friendly craft to a frivolous speedster"
OK, so I guess I can't claim to have a "Trawler", even by the builder's assigned nomenclature, but I think greater focus should be placed on the category of "frivolous speedsters", many of whom lurk in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to pounce.
I thought the trawl net and fish hold installation would put me over the top, but alas, in a search for additional support from the designer/builder, I scoured the original Kadey Krogen Manatee brochure for the "T" word reference, and it was absent.
The original KK Manatee Brochure reads:
“Salty. Agile. At ease with the sea. The Manatee is a new breed of coastal cruiser that cuts through ……”
And later, it reads:
“Under way or anchor down, this is a cruiser you can call “home” with pride.”
However, I did find this in the text also:
“for seafarers who prefer an able, fine-honed, friendly craft to a frivolous speedster"
OK, so I guess I can't claim to have a "Trawler", even by the builder's assigned nomenclature, but I think greater focus should be placed on the category of "frivolous speedsters", many of whom lurk in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to pounce.