Ever considered a trawler?

For one to get a Nordhavn, You either have a boat load amount of money or you are going to travel for years on expeditions greater than to the bahamas.....They are bulldogs for around the world and crossing oceans....For most people they are either way too much money or way too much boat.......I cruise at about 16 knots now when going to a destination and 12-14 knots on the way home, which a lot of trawlers or tugs can do. For most people Mainship or equals will do fine....If you had some disposable income, grand banks is the way to go.......I think about my next boat all the time...A mainship is not a chick magnet, but either is searay.....
 
What kind of fuel burn would one get with let's say a 57' Carver Voyager at hull/displacement speed?

I see that she burns 50 gph at cruise (25K)....but why could one not use a boat like this for idling around? Are these hulls not effecient at displacement speeds?

Seems like if you needed to get somewhere you could come on plane and burn some fuel.
 
The simple answer is nothing wrong with that...People cruise the loop all the time in Carvers and the loop is 6K miles
 
Actually I was considering this as an Option, and I found several Online to purchase, they are like a Floating home and the wood.... it's all over them and man they are nice...I'll try to find the one I was looking at, but it was a little over my budget, but it would save on Fuel..
 
Interesting this thread came up again. I'm going to retire in 90 days so my earlier comments about getting there on a schedule will no longer apply. We used to travel 250 miles in a day, "set up camp" and then day boat. We needed the speed. Having said that, I will not change. While I still plan to cruise at 26 knots this summer, our boat (most cruisers in fact) makes a fine trawler. It is more comfortable than most trawlers its size and very effecient at trawler speeds. I suppose we might even run it that way at times although probably not, but we could. If we did, it would certainly be considered what is known as a "fast trawler".
 
I was looking at a trawler when I bought my 1988/390 I,ve got the best of both worlds If I want to go slow (8 1/2 to 9 mph at 1350 or go like hell to get out of bad weather I can. I have a nice solid heavy ride with a 14' beam lot's of room,2 air units , and What I think are some of the best lines around,not only that I draw less water than a Main Ship 34 all and all that isn't to bad One other thing I can run on one eng at a time ,with these great fuel prices. I am very happy with my sea ray .,I should have bought a boat like this 30 years ago,but NOOOOO I had to go fast with a roar, Any one want to buy a 06 Donzi/496 HO?? 74 mph stock....Rip
 
This is a interesting read...
I have just came into the sea ray world from the trawler world... I am not sure that was the right thing to do with the current fuel prices though!. Our last trawler we had for 9 years... it was 50' and we had pretty much everything aboard for North West cruising.. we carried two inflatables on board, a 10' 10 hp and a 13' 40hp zodiacs.. and a couple kayak's, dive gear, and 600 gallons of water and 1100 gallons of fuel. We could go literally ANYWHERE with our fuel range, we got 4mpg @7.9kts... and the boat could go out safely in weather I wouldnt dare taking the 400ec out in. In the North West trawlers outnumber fast planing cruisers by a wide margin. If you want to live aboard and cruise you cannot beat a trawler. The first trawler we had was a GB 36 and it was a beautiful yacht but was really too small. For the nine years we had the last boat and cruised her all over the NW I never even factored fuel cost into ownership!. I just put $600 bucks into the express last weekend and I have only had the boat since last November... and it is winter!. Don't get me wrong... I really like the 400ec, it's sexy, built well, low maintenance, sounds great, drives fantastic, and we were ready for a change. You may smile as you pass a "poky" trawler... but they will be grinning ear to ear as they pass you at the fuel dock
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They are everywhere in the Sound area. I love the big grand banks and in a perfect world would have one AND a go fast boat to pull my kids and grandson around.
 
Yes, to the trawler someday,
If anyone has the chance check out the Fleming 55 and 65 trawlers.....very nice.

I often run a 40ft. Mainship full displacement trawler for a friend.
Strangely, 8-10kts feels fast in it.
The ride is totally different. You move thru the water and not on top of it.
My SR at anything over 6kts is trying (unsuccessfully) to ride up the chines in the hull to plane.
I think this is why the trawler with no chines in the hull at all, ride better but, slower and more efficiently.
I have no problem going slow, kids and wife don't agree with me.
 
My folks had a Grand Bank 32 with a single Ford Lehman Diesel. I watched it get unloaded from the deck of a freighter in Miami with my Dad, then a week later after shake down we brought it up to Clearwater. What an awesome boat. They added Marine Air, a self contained head system and travelled all over the Bahamas and Cariibean as well as trips up to Annapolis and other east coast spots over the years.

This was the ONLY boat that I was party to that sold for MORE than he paid for it 10 years later. Yes, they added many features, but it was such a first class ride.

They could go from their dock at their home in Clearwater, FL to Cozumel and back 2 round trips on a tank of fuel..... yes it was only at 8.75 mph but it went forever. Good stuff..... and trully first class.

I'd go for one someday, but now on a lake it's not realistic. These classics need open water! What GREAT memories....
 
This used to be "boating" in the old days.....Popeye..15K was wide open and way to fast...
 
I was looking at a carver riviera for a small trawler type boat.I dont want a big boat yet,not in the budget.Any thoughts on this boat other than it's not a sea ray.:huh:
 
A trawler? I've considered it yes. I've spent lots of time on 10 mph boats (fishing trawlers) and am really impressed with the economy. The way I see it, if displacement speed is all you need... the answer is a no-brainer... a trawler is the answer. However... if you need (or want) more speed the answer is no. They're slow and seem even slower when you want to speed up... but then again it's nice to run for days on end with out even having to think about fuel.
I've always wondered why Sea Ray doesn't make one... ?
 
cpt. sundancer said:
I was looking at a carver riviera for a small trawler type boat.I dont want a big boat yet,not in the budget.Any thoughts on this boat other than it's not a sea ray.:huh:
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We had a Carver Riviera for eleven years and I can honestly say that there is not another boat in that size range that offers as much space. (We were travelling with three kids and pets.) A terrific boat around the dock with the straight drives but a flat bottom, so it would pound a bit in the rough stuff. Great sidedecks for line handling too and that's why many retired folks had them.
We sold the vessel for what we paid for it after eleven years of service.
 
Thanks for the reply,JAWS,on the riviera.We are on the mississippi and like to go where no big cruiser will go and looked at a riviera last fall and fell in love with the space that it had. We really liked the seperate cabins,great for kids or guests. The cockpit has big windows,great view.One question that I have is that it has [I think,11 windows] and do they have a leaking problem?
 
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