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Hi Jeff, My wife and did the great loop in a 50' trawler completing it in 2017. You pose some good questions and I will give you my opinion which you should take with a several grains of salt. While you do have some good experience on the water, I can tell you that owning the boat and being the...

Twisted, I fully agree with you about a back up crew member who can step in when needed. My wife and I, both in our 70's had no experience with large boats like our 50' trawler doing the great loop. We both took power squadron navigation courses one and two, and hired a captain and similar...

Crew Communications One item that we have considered to be essential are headsets. On larger boats where the person at the helm cannot see the person on the deck, the head sets allow easy quiet communication. For new boaters, there is stress enough just learning to dock the boat without...

how much power HI, With semi displacement or full displacement hulls, more power usually means less miles per gallon. Any speed over hull speed is a waste of fuel unless you are trying out run a storm or perhaps make a lock or bridge on time. Our 50' semi displacement boat with twin Volvo...

Running gen while moving Hi, We were in the same situation you are when we bought a new to us 30 yr old 50' boat. Some of the best money we spent was to hire a yard mechanic and have him go through the boat with us. I would sit in the engine room with him and point to something and ask...

HI, We had a 1986 Bestway 50' trawler with two 300HP Volvo diesel engines. At cruising speed of about 10mph at 1400 rpm we would use 5 or 6 gallons per hour. We planned on 1mile per gallon and often got 1.5 or better. If we idled at about 700rpm we would bet up to 2.5 mpg. If we traveled...