Finally have been able to have a chance to subscribe to this seemingly wonderful forum. I am the very proud owner of a 1989 52' C&L Sea Ranger Cockpit Trawler with twin Cummins 6BTA 5.9s and a Westerbeke 8 kw. I purchased her in Annapolis MD late in 2009 and last year, when my personal plans changed, I took her (with a two man crew) from Annapolis to my home in Tennessee at the top of the TN/Tombigbee waterway (not land-locked).
Although she was a tad larger in LOA than I had originally planned for (I am a single man w/o family), I was incredibly impressed with her build quality, hardware, and of course the teak interior - most prevalent in the Taiwan makes. My boat was actually done up in the KING Yard - I have been told that in 1988, C&L changed yards - however, I do not know where the earlier models were built. I am impressed with every inch of this vessel thus far, bow to stern and mast to keel - and WOW, what a keel - she proved her worth on a night Gulf Crossing (small craft advisory) leaving Tarpon Springs and arriving 10 hours later in Applachicola after non-stop 8s and 10s on the BEAM. I can only say that I can think this boat can take a HECK of A LOT more than I CAN !!!
Another testament to this vessel is the previous owners (2 owner vessel) upkeep, open checkbook maintenance, and retaining and full documentation of EVERYTHING - a rare find to say the least. Before taking the "half loop", I loaded up on redundancies, including the normal and in addition fresh water pumps for the mains and gennie, and electronics as well.
She is a 2 stateroom (walk around queens in both), one office (converted from an upper/lower bunk stateroom)*, two full heads with walk in showers,**a massive salon and galley down with dinette, and an enormous aft deck*- I have attached pictures for all.
I hope this has helped open up further banter ragarding the C&L Sea Ranger lines (both left and right coasts) and I truly hope to be able to contribute to this board fully in any way that I can.
Regards,
dcboater (now in TN)