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Richard, Hey I have been meaning to contact you lately. Will we see you at the Rendezvous this year? I have a few questions for you about the chartering process and expensing the boat. I'm thinking about offering our 32' Grand Banks for charter. Randy

Hfoster, As always, I guess there are a many variables in the boat market. And the sales figures can be skewed based on volume of sales in relation to $$ vs number of boats. A single 30M boat is going to skew the market if looking at $$ sales. I see similar things happening with investment...

Arch, An expense in boating is alway significant, be it fuel, moorage, insurance, maintenance, etc. And the further we get along in terms of the cost of fuel going up, the more significant and more discussions you will see. Of course, there are other costs to boat ownership that usually out way...

BTW- Nordhavn states on their website that they see the market recovering to the extent they are starting to build the smaller boats(yachts) again. Of course, Nordhavn "small yachts" are still in the $750,000-$1,000,000 range. Are they just trying to fuel some sales or do you think they really...

Hfoster, You bring up an interesting perspective in the class of boat, (Yacht) you are looking at. Because in this market, as I understand it, the yachts in that high price range are selling, new. The middle class range of boats are sitting on the market, new and used, without much activity in...

Buy New or go Used? I had an interesting conversation with a 'seasoned boat broker' about boat financing and purchase power. So I thought I would pose the question, " how much boat can one really buy/afford when considering this purchase?" Value or perceived value of a boat is another topic...

Hey, this is great stuff! Thanks you guys! I'm enjoying reading all the feedback on this. Our short look into this venture brought up many of the same issues. Some of you guys brought some more interesting points forward that we had not heard. Cool! I think the builder (ex-custom home builder)...

In that case, if you plan to cruise from San Diego(I lived in SD 3 different times) to Seattle, maybe to MD, you will want a trawler capable of making the trip safely. If you plan to cruise San Diego to Ensenada and back, the field is pretty wide open. Open water, even in San Diego can get...

Who wants one? And who is willing to pay $500k, full displacement, round stern, pilothouse/bridge, two stateroom, salty, sea worthy, long range, 7-8 Knots, less than a gal/hr, designed for Alaska, cruising yacht? Im just looking for some feedback on this, as we have been talking about the...

Hi Ti22, Are you planning to go full time live aboard on a trawler? What part of the country are you looking at as options? That also will help determine the kind of boat you may be looking for. Handling the boat as a new Captain, is the same. But the waters you cruise in will require different...

Richard, well I guess that is the way it goes with boat sales today. Glad to hear you had an enjoyable trip in Alaska! I would really like to make that trip. We are looking forward to the Rendezvous. A couple guys and I tried to put together building a new Willard 36, but the hull mold is not to...

Maybe we could find a couple of cruising buddies that want to take these two Willard's on an extended cruising trip to Alaska! By the way, how was your trip? Do you want to share what kind of boat you are getting to replace the Willard?

Hey that is great advise George! Thanks for the information. If we proceed and get some interest in this with the Domino, I'll contact you for a little more guidance. Sometimes we have to make compromises in financial situations. I would prefer the current state of individual ownership myself...

Here are a few shots. If interested further, send me an email and I can Send you more shots of the boat including interior. Thanks

Ah yes, the boat is located in La Conner, WA. Pacific Northwest cruising waters. The PNW has so much to offer in cruising short and long term trips. Easily you could spend months cruising and the Willard 40 is capable of long term anchoring which affords privacy, economy, peace and quiet...

We are considering a shared ownership arrangement with our 40' Willard Trawler. Is anyone in involved in a shared ownership? And what would be the ups and downs? Our Willard was purchased originally in 1975 by a group of five owners and the article says they did well enough to trade up to a...

We have a very nice condition 40' Willard trawler for sale. It is a wide body model which gives great livability, double Deisel heaters for cabin and staterooms, nice lighting, two heads, Force Ten range, two refrigerators, and all the equipment to make a long range cruise. This boat is very...

Yep, La Conner Marina, Many boats. Both Willard and Grand Banks are moored there. If they raise the price again, I'm. Moving:)

Yes, Monroe is still off, but we are making headway. Several challenges along the way and using the boats has been nice. My nephew is building a "Kayakasaurus" that we tested the flippers on yesterday. Fun project:) see ya,

Hey Keith, we learned a lot about the Lehman on this strip down, reprint and semi-rebuild. Any time you want to come talk Lehman Diesels, let me know. After 11 months of not running, we got the 120 running and looking good.

I will say, it is nice to have a successful engine recovery after this experience. We even tried setting the valve adjustment after warming up the engine. That worked well, at least the engine sounded smooth after the adjustment. It was necessary since we mixed up the push rods. On our sea trial...

Thanks much Peter, I'll do the conversion:) Appreciate the response and advise.

Our first run with engine back together today. We learned a few things. Engine ran nice, temp seemed to be at 185 most of time then dropped to 175. Does that sound to cool for a 1969 Ford Lehman Diesel 120? Other issue; we have a pipe connecting rocker cover to manifold. Manual calls for a...

Here is a shot of the new flywheel damper plate installed. The springs that broke seized the engine just as if, crank broke or other major problem.

Since we're talking about Lehman diesel, I thought I would share some info and pictures. We just put our engine back together getting ready to run it tomorrow. We stripped everything off and painted the block, starter, head, manifold, tranny, etc. rebuilt the tranny( longer job than thought, but...