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Hello to SelahWay, I am Chris, the wife of David, new trawler owners of 1979 Albin 36’ “Molly” from Sodus Point, NY. How good and interesting circumstances to have connected with you! Hoping we can get better acquainted and share adventures! We are spending the MI winter planning our trip back...

Hi, Dogwood, Chrisv here. Yes, our home port is in St. Joseph, Mi. We just bought an Albin 36 in Sodus Point, NY. We will be storing her in Sodus Point for the winter then bringing her back to Lake Michigan next summer via the Trent-Severn waterway. We are old sailors, but loving the trawler...

Hubby and I, and our chocolate lab and Pomeranian, have been living aboard our newly purchased Albin 36 for over a week now getting her ready for winter storage. We have christened her “Molly” and we are falling in love! Out with the previous owner’s stuff and in with our own. (Kills me to take...

We’ve been in and out of St. Joe for 12 years. Bought our retirement home there then and have been renting it out each summer. Hubby is finally retiring the end of December, so we’ve moved there permanently now and he commutes to Ohio each week. The old brewery is now the St. Joseph Yacht Club...

Russ, We have our sailboat at the West Basin marina in St. Joe and will bring our new trawler (Molly) back there after checking out the 1,000 islands, heading home (Lake Michigan) via the Trent- Severn waterway. Hope downsizing can nit use to go well for you! We are living aboard our trawler...

Learning and exploring the joys of trawler ownership.

http://www.boattrader.com/listing/1989-mainship-35-convertible-103110348 We looked at this one in St. Joseph, MI the other day. It was nice, but too modern for us. We ended up getting an older trawler (1979) Albin 36, with plenty of teak for the classic look we love.

Bacchus, Thank you for the tip and route suggestions. It's going to be a LONG winter waiting for our first trawler adventure!!! As sailors, years ago we would only turn our motor on if we were in dire circumstances [emoji16], now we turn it on if we get in a hurry or the wind just plain goes...

We are holding onto each other shaking in our boots wondering which electronic component will break down first! [emoji33][emoji6]

We have officially crossed over to the "dark side"! Meet "Molly" our 36' 1979 Albin trawler. We can't wait to get better acquainted with her and show her tender loving care as she takes on many new adventures!

LOL! The trawler we are buying also has a mast and boom. I found comfort in that too [emoji6] my hubby thinks they are rarely used, but we'll see. Thinking if our engines went out that little sail wouldn't help much [emoji12]. Hubby says it is to help stabilize when boats rolling around too...

Thanks! Will post results when we it's a final!

Can't wait! Going to go out for Sea trial this weekend. Deposit check has already been sent and cashed. Getting close to have our name on her title!!!

I'm not sure this guy is ready for a trawler. Sailing on his best girl! (Yes, we wives of boat captains know where we stand)

Yes, Ariel, definitely has a soul! She has taken good care of us for many years and is a classic beauty. . We have told her we love her, but it is more difficult to get around onboard as the years take their toll on us. I think she understands. Our son and his young family will give her many...

Oh dear, now I'm having 2nd thoughts about our purchase! Our son is our mechanic, but he will not be with us on all our excursions.

Just took our sailboat, Ariel, out for an evening sail. Loving the joys of sailing, but excited about the new adventures that await us aboard our trawler.

Love it!!! Even got a smile out of my die hard sailor hubby! Thank you! We needed that!!!

Thank you. We can't wait until next spring/summer when we can go get the boat, now in NY, and sail her in the 1,000 Islands before heading back to MI!

So happy to find this forum! My husband and I have been sailing together for 45 years and hope to continue for many more years. Our current sailboat is a Cape Dory 36, built in 1979. We love her dearly, but decided to add a new dimension to our boating experience in our "golden" years. With much...