Hello all, my wife and I are long time sailors and just sold our catalina 380, with the plan to move over to the trawler side of life. We are starting our search and have started a want list and budget. Want list is about a 40' twin cabin single engine 6 to 8 kt boat, budget is about <120k. Concerns are tanks, deck, engine, hull. What we are wanting to do is look at a few boats, we are in central North Carolina and are willing to go most anywhere on the east coast. Any suggestions as to an area and broker where there would be several to look at?
My back ground is general contracting, angus cattle farming, so I am the hands on with diesels and making stuff work, but am not looking for a boat that needs to be rebuilt at least to start with. We have owned 2 Catalina's a 42 and the 380 of which I did all of maitenance and yard work myself. Our past crusing area has been from the Chesapeake to the Bahamas so were not newbys to the hook.
Thanks for any suggesting
Patrick
My back ground is general contracting, angus cattle farming, so I am the hands on with diesels and making stuff work, but am not looking for a boat that needs to be rebuilt at least to start with. We have owned 2 Catalina's a 42 and the 380 of which I did all of maitenance and yard work myself. Our past crusing area has been from the Chesapeake to the Bahamas so were not newbys to the hook.
Thanks for any suggesting
Patrick
