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I agree. At this stage, SO and I are looking for something on the small side, for the two of us to poke around the coast up here. Maybe take a slip in Belfast for a few nights, or even slide on down to Portland town for a few days. No kids involved, and not interested in spending months on...

She certainly looks well kept. Just a long ways away from the coast of Maine...:banghead: Lob

I second (third?...fourth?) the request for more pics and details, please! Lob

Agreegood ... It was sad to go through her and take the pics. IF there was a place to park her and take some time to do the work, she really could be a great boat. The teak all looks bad, but in most, if not all cases, it's cosmetic, so if you have a good supply of teak plywood nearby, that's...

Beautiful boat that's perfect for that application... Congrats!! Lob p.s. Is the other one for sale? :socool:

So drove to Kittery bright and early this morning and spent a few hours crawling/climbing around the boat. No HUGE surprises...as I said above, 40+ year old trawlers all share many of the same issues, with ones that have had little or no maintenance of late being the worst. Here's a link for the...

Absolutely. Anyone that's spent even a small amount of time around boats, in particular Taiwanese trawlers, knows pretty much what $11k gets. The windows have leaked, the teak walls will all be stained, the parquet floor is likely in tough shape...might still have iron tanks. I think the side...

Sunday Heading down tomorrow, early, so should have some pics to post when I get back. Lob

Google Fi Just to throw another entrant into the race... My wife and myself, along with several close friends all use Google Fi. It has several distinct advantages over other plans. 1) No contract. 2) You pay for the amount of data you use. Use 1.2G?...bill for data is $12. 3) They...

We do have our share of lobster trap warps to gather if you're not careful, for sure. In Boothbay, you can almost walk across the bouys. My current plan is to head down Sunday and get more info. Selling agent returned my call...doesn't know alot about her other than she came to the yard this...

I agree...it may be a very inexpensive 2br waterfront condo. Won't know until we get more details and then go take a look. As for use?...we're not looking for a Loop boat at this point. We're retired, or close to it, and we live on the coast of Maine with an abundance of beautiful coves and...

43' Defever, 1979. Twin Lehman 120s. Don't know much else at this point, waiting on info from the seller on engines and other info. Has 4 gouges in the hull, 2 on each side, ranging from 4 inches to 24 inches in length. Seller is asking $11k, but write up says "THIS BOAT MUST GO"..."Seller...

Years ago my wife, The Queen, purchased a 1986 Marathon 5th wheel camper along with a 1986 Ford F350 Long bed, crew cab, diesel dually. The rig(s) were in Rochester, NY, about 6hrs from home. A friend and I drove out to the pickup spot, met the sellers...truck was dead. Not even a "click"...

Well that one's gone...back to looking :) We're pretty convinced that it was a 40' long todo list, but still fun to think about ;) Lob

Def not his dream, and I'm always friendly, up to a point. Pretty jammed with work right now, but hopefully will go look soon... Lob

This is a much cleaner way of saying exactly what I've been struggling with. I'll convey this to the seller, and go take a look if he's amenable. Lob

Excellent point, and my failing, to be sure. Boat is a 1978 40' Marine Trader, DC. Current owner is #3. The prior owners drove the boat to Block Island from Wakefield Ma, and back, once a year. It was their Block Island waterfront condo. Engine was rebuilt 6yrs ago. They used it 4yrs after...

I was born in Lincoln :)...way back in 1953. How long have you lived there? As Steven Wright said: "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it." J&L

Well...yes. So far, seller has refused to make any concession at all regarding anything. He believes he can sell the boat as is and walk away. So until he rethinks that position, it's pretty difficult to get anything done in the way of a deal. This was as simple as guarantee it floats and...

I understand the cost involved, and would be willing to do a deal where I'd pay for the launch as long as the boat met those 3 conditions. Owner's reluctance to do even that seems like there may be something else going on. I'd also bear the cost of replacing the starter on the Lehman which the...

To be continued... We were supposed to look at a Marine Trader 40' DC today. We waved off, as the seller is taking an unacceptable position, at least to us. The boat is on the hard, and he refuses to launch the boat, or give any assurances as to it's seaworthiness when it IS launched. He is...

You just never know :) After a major tech company decided I should retire 3yrs ago, we came up to Maine in mid-February that year looking for a project house to work on in the summer months. Didn't find anything on that trip, but a week later my cousin called and told us the church next to his...

After a few years of absence, we're once again looking at trawlers. We've moved from Florida to Maine (I know, we're doing it bass-ackwards), and there's a very scenic, cozy cove not far from us with a mooring available for the rest of the season. During the 90s we had a Marine Trader 34DC...

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Not to be contrarian, BUT... I used to travel for business throughout New England and Upstate NY. Verizon has spots where they'd drop my call every single time. One was the Mass Pike/Natick interchange. I discovered that if I stayed in the far right lane, I could sometimes make it through...