Jim Cooper
Senior Member
I'm seriously considering purchasing a 45' Dixon Marine (made in Nova Scotia) hull kit and bringing it to Florida to have design/finished as a trawler. The Dixon hull is a huge downeast style boat originally designed by Osmond Beal, built for winter commercial fishing off the Canadian Maritimes - a truly solid hull to build a live-aboard trawler from the keel up. Does anyone know of builders or finishers in central or south Florida capable of such a build? The hull kit includes a molded top and optional engine already installed. Other than that, she would be a bare canvas! Not interested in paying the added cost of having a prestigious name do the build but want quality design and workmanship.