SubSailor
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Hi Everyone,
Ok, wife and I have been looking at all the different types of Trawlers, Cruisers, Pilothouse boats for a while now. We currently own a Cape Horn center console Offshore boat and though it's been fantastic we want to move up to something larger with a/c, protection from the weather and would love to be able to spend the night, or even weekend, aboard her. We are really torn on what type of boat would suit us, on the one hand we are fishermen at heart but the thought of being able to just poke along at 8kts while sipping a cup of coffee is appealing, however; we'd still like to be able to get 50-100 miles offshore and do some fishing as well. We port out of Port Aransas, Tx. so we fish the Gulf and I'm sure some of you know it's rarely smooth out there so we'd like something capable of getting out that far and should the waves pick we're still safe while heading back in. I love the look of Sport Fishers but not interested in them. Some of the boats we've had our eye on are the following; Mainship Pilot 30/34, Eastern 31 Casco, Bayliner 3X88, and we even like the Grand Banks 32 but am scared of the upkeep on all the darn wood on that baby. We're at a loss really, one minute we think "Ok, the Gb 32 is the way to go", the next we're against that and back on the Eastern or Mainship and so it goes again and again.
In short we'd like;
Lower helm
Flybridge, we'd like one but can live without
Diesel, prefer single but would consider twins
Seaworthy(Salty?) Able to get 50-100 miles offshore and back safely
Fishable cockpit
Nice cabin to stay out of nasty weather/be in a/c and just poke along if wanted or needed,
Pretty good on fuel
Able to sleep four
We really appreciate anyone's thoughts/experiences especially if you like to fish but moved to a Trawler type boat. Thank you! Any and all recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Ok, wife and I have been looking at all the different types of Trawlers, Cruisers, Pilothouse boats for a while now. We currently own a Cape Horn center console Offshore boat and though it's been fantastic we want to move up to something larger with a/c, protection from the weather and would love to be able to spend the night, or even weekend, aboard her. We are really torn on what type of boat would suit us, on the one hand we are fishermen at heart but the thought of being able to just poke along at 8kts while sipping a cup of coffee is appealing, however; we'd still like to be able to get 50-100 miles offshore and do some fishing as well. We port out of Port Aransas, Tx. so we fish the Gulf and I'm sure some of you know it's rarely smooth out there so we'd like something capable of getting out that far and should the waves pick we're still safe while heading back in. I love the look of Sport Fishers but not interested in them. Some of the boats we've had our eye on are the following; Mainship Pilot 30/34, Eastern 31 Casco, Bayliner 3X88, and we even like the Grand Banks 32 but am scared of the upkeep on all the darn wood on that baby. We're at a loss really, one minute we think "Ok, the Gb 32 is the way to go", the next we're against that and back on the Eastern or Mainship and so it goes again and again.
In short we'd like;
Lower helm
Flybridge, we'd like one but can live without
Diesel, prefer single but would consider twins
Seaworthy(Salty?) Able to get 50-100 miles offshore and back safely
Fishable cockpit
Nice cabin to stay out of nasty weather/be in a/c and just poke along if wanted or needed,
Pretty good on fuel
Able to sleep four
We really appreciate anyone's thoughts/experiences especially if you like to fish but moved to a Trawler type boat. Thank you! Any and all recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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