Think a trawler might be in your future? But where do you start the search? A trawler is not to be confused with fishing vessels although the idea originated with the seagoing fishing vessels. A trawler is in general a boat with a long, deep keel to prevent running gear damage in the event of grounding, boats with top cruising speeds of 7-10 knots, and boats with large panoramic windows for good views.Typically a trawler has a large fuel and water capacity to enable extended cruising and have crew creature comforts that will match any vessel afloat. The primary draw of a trawler is the traditional salty lines that turn heads at every dock.
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I lay burnt offerings at the temple of the long keel, forever hallowed be its name.
I may not lay claim to being the dumbest boater, but I strive for the top-five.
In North Carolina, we have three types of bottoms, pecan-sandy, chocolate-pudding mud, and occasionally rocky-road-oyster shoal. We love to gunk hole. It's almost not an adventure if I cannot jump out of the boat and pull it along with the rope or kedge the anchor. Where's the fun in being sensible? Markers in our waters are usually inaccurate because last month's hurricane made a shoal where the channel used to be.
What has saved us in my limitless search for shallow waters and low-cost barnacle scrapings has been our beloved full keel. That and our craft tops out at about eight knots. In shallow waters I have the "deep sagacity" to reduce speed to around 3 knots.
One day, I hope to be a smarter captain, but our current mode of gunk-holing has provided hours of adventure, angst, and amusement to my first mate, and I for one refuse to deprive her of the joys of seeing mud churn off our stern. She's become quite the expert at spotting it.
We'll always be indebted to our long keel, it's saved us from ourselves many a time.
Capt. Ben
M/V Sand Castle
Hi Capt Ben,
Glad to hear you are out there trawling; great life for sure.
As for those deep keels.....I love them too.
Mike
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