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I'd suggest measuring the front deck. It might sit happily upside down in front of the pilot house. I've carried inflatables that way on sailboats. If it fits it should be easy to secure. I have a Highfield 340UL and have been very impressed with it. If you could manage a 290 I think you'd...

Do you have a heading sensor? A lot of functionality gets much better with a good heading input, particularly in currents.

Congrats. I went platinum about a year ago. It's a nice pennant to have earned. I'm heading for Chicago today, and down the rivers in a couple of weeks, after the rush. There are about 300 loopers that have queued up waiting for the locks to reopen. I guess they've started passing you this week.

The idea that the BMS exists in order to stop the charging, and that it's normal or acceptable to charge until the BMS is triggered.

You can also join the AGLCA. They're supportive of concerns like these, and hundreds of successful loopers have done it in a variety of boats. I'm sure any mainstream design could be discussed there. This isn't an unusual concern.

Um, no. There is lots of solid advice here. Let's not ruin things by propagating YouTube nonsense.

I'm sure they'll give good service. I have 2x300ah and have been very happy. Nice to see features and price improving, and a 1c charge/discharge rating is impressive. I paid about the same for my dumb batteries 18 months ago.

Masts come down. You only need to be concerned with permanent structure. The 15 ft section is the western Erie Canal, and it can be bypassed by entering Canada. Other than that with 19 ft you can go pretty much anywhere. Lots of mid-size trawlers like GB 42, Monk 36 etc travel the western...

Very pretty. Congratulations and welcome. As it happens I just went by Vinnette Boat Works this afternoon in Escanaba. I may visit by shore to see what they've got in the yard. Lots of great boats have come out of there.

Sure, but boats mentioned earlier like the Acadia and Cape Dory are not dissimilar. If all you want to do is travel at 6 - 10 mph they'll do it happily and handily.

Love the color. I'm sure she'll find a good home. Any idea what the top speed is? [emoji3]

The Rosborough was designed in Nova Scotia as a work boat, and lots of them had 50 hp outboards. The 246 grew out of that hull. I wouldn't call it a planing boat. It's a direct descendant of the semi-displacement lobster boats.

There's a nice Krogan Express 49 that just came on the market... https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1999-krogen-express-49-9019699/

Saga was the other, but I see you've got that. Europe is full of small slow diesel cruisers, but few have made it to the US. Rereading the thread, I think you've been too quick to dismiss outboards. Boats like the Rosborough would be quite happy with a modern 60-90 hp outboard. I have a...

Agreed. That's a fork I'd choose based on expected conditions. Watch out for current against wind going up the Delaware. The waves can kick up.

Back Cove and Sabre come to mind.

You can run Nebo from a phone, which can use SL for internet. There's no need to install their hardware to use the service.

Don, thanks for sharing. I've been living aboard mostly and traveling pretty much continuously for 5 years, and don't do detailed tracking of most expenses. My question coming into this was mostly around the total cost of ownership for the boat. For me lots of expenses like eating out and...

It's certainly doable. I've left Maine twice in mid-November to head for Florida. First time was in a 40' sailboat and was OK but too cold. We missed maybe three days to weather, and had snow on deck in Newport. Didn't warm up until SC. The second time was in my current PH trawler, and was...

1/2 gph @ 5 knots 1 gph @ 6 knots 2 gph @ 7 knots Or close to that.

I won't disagree. But that criteria pretty much takes you to motors like the Ford Lehman. The list of boats less than 35 years old with twins that hp is vanishing small.

I've used Spot for a few years, off and on. It seems to provide similar functionality as InReach. Both are popular with hikers and adventurers. https://www.findmespot.com/en-us/products-services/spot-gen4

If you want small diesel, the Albin has lots of Scandinavian cousins. There are a few Windy 26 trawlers around Eastern Canada. I also saw a Sisu 22 for sale recently that had a 30 hp yanmar and looked really sweet. Can't find the ad, so guess it sold.

Ranger Tug 21 with diesel is cute and in your price range.

I have the same unit as the OP, and on mine the guage doesn't have a drag indicator. Vacuum is going to be highly dependant on fuel flow rate. There is little to be gained in checking when there is no load on the engine. My strategy is to run up to maximum cruise speed for an hour or so every...