Codger2
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2007
- Messages
- 6,691
- Location
- US
- Vessel Name
- Circuit Breaker
- Vessel Make
- 2021..22' Duffy Cuddy cabin
Can you just imagine what an aspiring trawler person must be feeling when they read all the potential and existing problems that are penned on TF?
Over propping/under propping, water in the fuel, gunk in the tanks, problems with docking, gas vs. diesel, singles vs. twins, FD hulls vs. SD hulls, which fresh water pump is best, excessive idling is bad, and the list continues for miles! (Not to mention the problems encountered in anchoring!)
Why, after reading all this stuff would anyone (who previously had a dream of owning a trawler) want to open themselves up to all this abuse & trauma? And those that continue the quest now must face the dreaded lobster & crab pots that lurk, ready to entangle your prop and cause you to be dead in the water. Not to mention the maintenance that is absolutely necessary for the safe operation of the vessel. And, assuming you can handle all this, your first cruise is in a bumpy sea and you spend the remainder of the trip selling "buicks" over the side!
Why do we do this? We all must be nuts!
Over propping/under propping, water in the fuel, gunk in the tanks, problems with docking, gas vs. diesel, singles vs. twins, FD hulls vs. SD hulls, which fresh water pump is best, excessive idling is bad, and the list continues for miles! (Not to mention the problems encountered in anchoring!)
Why, after reading all this stuff would anyone (who previously had a dream of owning a trawler) want to open themselves up to all this abuse & trauma? And those that continue the quest now must face the dreaded lobster & crab pots that lurk, ready to entangle your prop and cause you to be dead in the water. Not to mention the maintenance that is absolutely necessary for the safe operation of the vessel. And, assuming you can handle all this, your first cruise is in a bumpy sea and you spend the remainder of the trip selling "buicks" over the side!
Why do we do this? We all must be nuts!