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Snapdragon: Your post was eloquent and most appreciated. My research made me aware of the complications regarding the active stabilizers, but much appreciate your account. In regards to the sailboat: A draft of 6' is an absolute "No-Go" for us, so is a full keel. The shallower the draft...

From Ed Joy Design website: "A true motorsailer, Ranger is normally operated with the engine running and the compact sailing rig providing both an assist to propulsion as well as effective roll stabilization. The long NACA section keel provides lift and has room to fit the main engine and...

All I heard was music..

That’s a very cool design to be sure. Not exactly fast, but 168nm a day isn’t bad at 1.5 gallons an hour. With today’s engines it would probably be less. Our Yanmar 55 runs about a gallon an hour at 2,200rpm. Thank you for sharing- it’s another custom one-off, but I will keep eyes and ears open.

"Darkside" specifically said: "Perhaps the best ocean powercat was on the market, at a very attractive price, for what 4 years? Awesome boat, but not many people have plans that actually need a boat like that." So I wondered what, to him, was the best ocean powercat.. He did have an all...

Much of what your wrote echos my thoughts. The ducks seem to be only made in steel (no thank you) and are relatively slow- but decently efficient. "Ranger" is behemoth. One of my previous posts stated a distaste for "motorsailors" because after sailing an Ovni, which is essentially a 40' dinghy-...

What is the make/model of the "best ocean powercat"?

Good point. There are dreams and reality.. I will look more into those brands. I am familiar with the Diesel Duck, but noticed there was only one aluminum. I dont think I could own steel. The blogs and articles detailing crevice corrosion issues and the constant maintenance of paint is not...

Happy new year to you as well!! It sounds like you found a great boat. I am getting the feeling that these types of efficient trawlers are often one-offs in the years past rather than production productions like currently. Which certainly requires persistence and dedication to find and...

We have sailed on a couple cats. The one we spent the most time on (a mere 3 days) was 40'. But I have been involved in some day sails on larger ones. Certainly an option. I have some friends who charter each year and perhaps will try to get onboard. Unfortunately, I dont know that they do...

My wife and I prefer not to stay at marinas and avoid them whenever possible. So for us this is not a large portion of our cruising budget. Seasonal storage can be chosen carefully and we have always found a good spot to store our boats so far that is affordable. Fuel and maintenance are...

I did reach out to gather further information on a partial build delivery. I am sure doing so over Christmas is the reason I have not gotten more information. I just thought there would be a few others who came before and so far we have identified all sorts of them, a solid 4 at this point-...

"Molly Ban" is a great one! I have seen Nigel Irens designs before, but will take a closer look. I think 8kn is plenty compared to the unpredictable speeds I am used to sailing. Not interested in motor-sailors. I feel if I am going to sail, I might as well enjoy it and I have not been on a...

Diesel engines and hydraulic systems are fine by me. When properly accessible, and protected from sun/spray, maintenance is not a terrible thing as they are straight forward to understand and have well know service intervals to prevent issues at sea. Life itself is a great compromise and I...

Simi, Thats the goal of asking a more broadly educated/knowledgeable group of trawler enthusiasts to help me identify older models to put on my search list that match the criteria and due to age wont cost so much. Because I agree with you- a million dollars for an efficient boat kind of...

Its interesting you say that because in this thread we have identified at least 3 designs that achieve this. But I would agree with you its the not common trawler type.

No thank you. I want at least 5+nm per gallon burned.

Bill, I actually found the name in your signature and was able to look around a bit already. I saw a 48' on yachtworld for a very reasonable price, although it lacked the range of your 65'. Great boat and I will spend some more time getting to know the type.

You built yourself a great cruiser and with a single engine at 7.4kn you got great economy. Was yours the only one built?

Bill- What is the make and model of that powercat?? She sure seems to tick all my boxes and I am keen to learn more about her!

Thats a beauty! I will reach out for gph/lph information and look into this.

5 LRC 58's have been built as far as I can find. LRC 58 #3 "Britt" is about $1 million USD and currently for sale with a hydraulic engine driven stabilizer system. A used FPB 64 on yacht world is currently asking $2.2 million USD. The difference is quite significant and both are far...

I previously worked as a designer and prototype specialist for a center console manufacturer and we were retrofitting our stringer inserts to support the installation of these type of gyro's.. both brands. I can tell you based on that experience the Seakeeper is very complicated and...

Thank you for your response David. The FPB which according to Steve's blog means "F-cking power boat" are certainly the gold standard of ocean crossing world power cruisers- they are serious voyaging machines built to a construction standard that is seriously hard to find. The FPB's I...

Hello everyone, My wife and I have been sailing about a decade in either smaller cruises or 3 or 4 months or longer ones of 6+ months to 1 year. Together we have covered at least 10k nautical miles all over the USA and Western Caribbean. We currently sail on an all aluminum Ovni 37...