A True Trawler Yacht
July 20, 2012
They came in swarms from builders in the United States and Asia in the early 1970s-the fiberglass boats called trawlers by builders and brokers who
They came in swarms from builders in the United States and Asia in the early 1970s-the fiberglass boats called trawlers by builders and brokers who
I COULDN’T HELP BEING EXCITED, AND CONCERNED. WE WERE driving north on Interstate 5 toward Bellingham, Washington, for the boating challenge of a lifetime. It
Few boatbuilders would go to Victoria, British Columbia, just for a plate of pizza and barbecued chicken, so the attraction on Esquimault Harbour on a
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The passageway into the small harbor looked wide and inviting, but the chart showed that only about one-third of its width was safe to use.
NORDIC TUGS CALLS THEM NEW BOATS. THE 32+ AND the convertible 37. From the dock, they look the same. The classic tug-yacht design first introduced
The easy way into the first showing of classic trawler yachts on Seattle’s Lake Union simply was to walk in. That’s the way most visitors
Generously, the company representative handed me the wheel of the new 34-foot American Tug, obviously not anticipating what would happen next. Adventurously, I jammed the
This truly was to be a Mission Impossible. It was something few had tried, but there was no fear of failure. And we did not
I’ve been aboard beautiful boats, and ugly ones. I’ve toured luxury yachts costing millions and steampowered tugs. Sailboats, fishing boats, passagemakers and paddleboats have been
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