Cutters
Genset chargers
Active stabilizers
AIS
Twin engines
SD hulls
Large fuel tanks
Anchors and rode
3 stage fuel filters
Vessels over XX length
Electronic diesels
Etc
Many are desirements that justify never leaning the dock.
I figure that if they save me from one dangerous situation they are a great investment.
All that gear , and no mention of a book to read!
I fully admit that the estimates I've seen show it to only reduce efficiency by 1-2% but over a decade of many miles, that can add up to more than a couple of beers.
A bit off topic, but up in the NE, Chesapeake, and down in the Keys- you have to wonder just how many traps are needed to catch every critter crawling on the bottom. If you put a zillion pots out there, are you really going to catch that many more critters?? Put a zillion more out there, going to catch more??? The bottom must be nothing but pots!!! Some places it is near impossible to nav through that clog of pots. Same number of critters down there. Or there were...
...but if their equipment gets tangled in my prop, they're going to lose it whether I dive over and risk my life cutting it off with a knife or my Spurs cut it off for me.
I'm all for lobstering, but I don't understand why complete obstruction of the waterways is tolerated in Maine.
YES , tsome current thinking is that most of the critters CAN get in & out of the trap.