HeadedToTexas
Guru
I have been contemplating the many issues surrounding choosing a trawler and cruising the Loop and other destinations. After lots of thinking time, I believe we are completely committed to cruising at 7 knots.
When I put all of our priorities into the grinder, I keep coming up with a Mainship 390 as it checks the most boxes of anything I've seen. The only real issue is the big diesel under the deck. I get the designer's objective, but I don't want to run at 15 knots, even for 20 minutes every few hours. Pushing a 390 through the water at 7 knots should only take 60 horsepower or so. Why not repower with a new, efficient Hyundai or even a classic old Lehman 120?
Buying a boat needing repowered means there's a good chance it will need air conditioners and gen set and electronic work. Seems to me like the right plan (for us) is to find one with a good hull and solid decks and take a year or so to refit what needs refitting with the right power to go slow. What am I missing?
When I put all of our priorities into the grinder, I keep coming up with a Mainship 390 as it checks the most boxes of anything I've seen. The only real issue is the big diesel under the deck. I get the designer's objective, but I don't want to run at 15 knots, even for 20 minutes every few hours. Pushing a 390 through the water at 7 knots should only take 60 horsepower or so. Why not repower with a new, efficient Hyundai or even a classic old Lehman 120?
Buying a boat needing repowered means there's a good chance it will need air conditioners and gen set and electronic work. Seems to me like the right plan (for us) is to find one with a good hull and solid decks and take a year or so to refit what needs refitting with the right power to go slow. What am I missing?