jclays
Senior Member
Hello to everyone. I will be posting this thread to the various makes of trawlers please forgive the redundancies. I am interested in a trawler before I retire in the next couple of years. I've been looking at trawlers for a couple of years and have a good idea of what I am looking at. Currently have a 1966 Californian express cruiser. One of the first models made by Jules Marshall. Partial to his trawler especially the 38ft LRC. My main question on trawlers is performance. Im used to twin screws. A large percentage of the Trawlers I have seen on the market here in So California are Single screws. A few owners I've talked to prefer single screws in their trawlers. Is there an advantage? What are the speed differences between a single screw and a twin screw trawler? I would like to cruise at aprox 10 knots. I am looking in the 38ft range. Mid 70's to 1990 range in age. Lots of Leman 120's and Perkins used in these trawlers. What is an acceptable amount of hours on these engines. I am familiar with gas engines. Is there much diffrence between the Chinese/Taiwanese makes? They are very similar.
Thanks
Jim
Thanks
Jim
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