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IN THIS ISSUE

ISABEL LOSSES TOTAL MORE THAN $150 MILLION

MOTHER OF ALL TRAWLER FESTS IN SOLOMONS THIS WEEK

END OF AN ERA AT WILLARD

PLANNING ON CROSSING THE POND?

NORDHAVN RALLY TO START FROM FORT LAUDERDALE

TRAWLER SHOW RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO

NEWS BYTES

NEW TRAWLER MAGAZINE ON HORIZON

HOW TO REACH US

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T R A W L E R W O R L D N E W S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number 110 Broadcast on the Internet 09/24/03 Read this edition online with photos and additional text at http://www.trawlerworld.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hurricane damages surpass Andrew Mother of all Trawler Fests this week End of an era at Willard Planning on crossing the pond? Nordhavn rally to start from Fort Lauderdale Trawler show in San Francisco News bytes New trawler magazine on horizon How to reach us at Trawler World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ISABEL LOSSES TOTAL MORE THAN $150 MILLION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Losses to recreational boats from Hurricane Isabel (not including marinas, other infrastructure or commercial vessels) will total more than $150 million, reports Boat Owners Association of The United States. Much of the damage occurred in the upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River watersheds, far from the storm's North Carolina landfall. "Our catastrophe response team is reporting quite a few pockets of severe damage to recreational boats," said Carroll Robertson, vice-president, marine insurance. "The surprise in this storm was the severity of storm surge throughout the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River, in spite of the storm's landfall far to the south, and its subsequent track inland." "Boaters who took advantage of the long lead time before Isabel hit and made hurricane preparations by either removing their boat, or adding extra lines, chafe protection, reducing windage and buttoning up tightly, generally fared OK," adds Robertson. In the upper Chesapeake and Potomac, a combination of wind driven storm surge and high tide was exacerbated by run off of rainfall, catching many unprepared with record setting high water. Most of the damaged vessels were left in boatlifts or in slips to weather the storm. The north and west sides of the Chesapeake Bay were particularly hard hit. BoatU.S., aka Boat Owners Association of The United States, is the nation's leading advocate for recreational boaters and provides its 550,000 members with a wide array of consumer services. http://www.boatus.com toll-free: 800-395-2628 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MOTHER OF ALL TRAWLER FESTS IN SOLOMONS THIS WEEK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Chesapeake edition of West Marine Trawler Fest takes place in Solomons, Maryland, Wednesday through Saturday. With more than 1,000 people and 100 boats expected, it's the largest in the national series of rendezvous for trawler crawlers operated by Jack, Millie and Steve Rose. The final Trawler Fest of the year will be held October 22-25 at a new venue in the San Francisco Bay area, Alameda, California. http://www.trawlerfest.com toll-free: 888-968-3378 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ END OF AN ERA AT WILLARD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Willard Marine, the oldest manufacturer of trawler yachts in the U.S., has ended production of its recreational vessels. The Anaheim, California, company will focus on military and commercial markets. Willard is the biggest producer of boats for the U.S. military--a business that is booming post 9/11. "We have put the tooling for the Willard 30 Pilothouse and Flybridge Sedan and the Willard 40 Pilothouse and Flybridge Sedan for sale," said Patrick Gerety, whose involvement at Willard ended August 30 . "These are very capable open-ocean passagemakers. We expect to find someone who will purchase the tooling for these models and keep them in production." There is no question Willards are capable passagemakers. The problem that afflicted the make in recent years was that the boats looked dated. Styling and finish were given a makeover, but new pricing found few takers among consumers. Willard Marine was founded in 1957 to build custom fiberglass yachts. Its first trawler yacht, the Willard 36, was launched in 1961--three years before the first Grand Banks, 10 years before the first Marine Trader, and 28 years before the first Nordhavn. http://willardmarine.com telephone: 714-666-2150 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLANNING ON CROSSING THE POND? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you're planning on crossing the Atlantic Ocean, you'll want to attend the third annual West Marine Passagemaking Under Power Symposium. It will take place October 31-November 2 in conjunction with the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. A trans-Atlantic theme runs through all program sessions. The information-packed program is divided into segments to suit your interest and experience and time available: Passagemaking 101 Passagemaking for Women 101 Communication for Passagemakers 202 Trans-Atlantic Passagemaking 202 http://www.passagemakingunderpower.com toll-free: 866-865-2628 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NORDHAVN RALLY TO START FROM FORT LAUDERDALE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pacific Asian Enterprises has received applications from close to 80 owners of trawler interested in participating in the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally, the first trans-Atlantic rally for oceangoing powerboats that will take place next summer. PAE, builder of Nordhavn, has received 78 applications: 54 from Nordhavn owners and 24 from owners of vessels built by other manufacturers. Many have expressed an interest in using the rally as the first step for extended cruising in the Mediterranean and elsewhere. A final determination is still to be made about the number of boats that will be accepted for the event. The three-leg, 3,800-mile cruising adventure is slated to begin with a fleet rendezvous on May 10, 2004, at Bahia Mar Marina in Fort Lauderdale. Originally, the rally was to have started in Newport, Rhode Island, but a large number of the prospective participants preferred a Florida departure. Weather permitting, the fleet will depart on May 17 for Bermuda and then the Azores with the finish planned for Gibraltar in time for a Fourth of July celebration cum rally finale. http://www.nordhavn.com telephone: 949-496-4848 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRAWLER SHOW RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The annual San Francisco Bay Trawler (& More!) Show will take place October 18-19 at Liberty Ship Marina, 41 Liberty Ship Way, in Sausalito, California. The show is produced by a broker, Mike McGrath of McGrath Pacific, and benefits the Sausalito Fire Boat Fund. This year's show will be power and sail, new and used. McGrath said he expects to display 30 trawlers, heavy displacement motor yachts and sailboats ranging in price from $50,000.00 to $800,000. The Linssen Kruiser will make its North American debut at the event which will also have a John Deere marine diesel engine display, hands-on demonstrations and seminars, McGrath said. http://www.mcgrathpacific.com telephone: 415-331-5020 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS BYTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PDQ Yachts has introduced a new flying bridge for its popular power catamaran, the MV/34 Passagemaker. The new flying bridge features added storage space, integrated instrument location with better tachometer placement, and designated areas for flush-mounted electronics. Importance was placed on creating not only a functional area on the flying bridge, but a social environment as well. PDQ has been building sailing catamarans for 15 years, launching 151 boats to date. Since PDQ introduced its power cat three years ago, it has launched 8 MV/32s and 23 MV/34s. http://www.pdqyachts.com toll-free: 888-297-2287 Nordic Tugs has named SkipperCress Yacht Sales as its exclusive dealer for the southeastern U.S. SkipperCress, based in Anacortes, Washington, has opened an office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 2019 S.W. 20th Street, Suite 103. The staff is headed by Ian Bannerman, a veteran of the SkipperCress dealership in Washington, and includes Andy Maurer, a veteran captain of large yachts and experienced cruiser. http://www.nordictug.com toll-free: 800-201-9622 Globalstar, the world's most widely-used handheld satellite phone service, has announced new, lower rates for U.S. customers when making international phone calls as well as when they are calling back to the U.S. from overseas. Steve Bowden of SeaTech Systems, says the new prices make Globalstar the lowest-cost satphone service in the world. International calls start at 26 cents per minute. Calls to and from the U.S. while roaming overseas now as low as $1.39 per minute. http://www.sea-tech.com toll-free: 800-444-2581 International Marine Insurance Services (IMIS) has introduced a program called Jackline which provides for a new yacht insurance package designed to suit the needs of world voyagers. Jackline offers region-specific rates and coverage for couples cruising without other crew, said Al Golden, IMIS founder and trans-Atlantic cruiser. http://www.imiscorp.net toll-free: 800-541-4647 If you see news in the making anywhere in the world of trawlers, please let Trawler World News know via <mailto:news@trawlerworld.com>. Items are selected for publication on the basis of the newsiness and interest to the readership. No payment is required or accepted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW TRAWLER MAGAZINE ON HORIZON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The new magazine Trawler World will publish for the first time this winter. At Trawler World, our aim will be to become the authoritative voice on the trawler scene, enthusiastic about voyaging, cruising and living aboard under power in its many variations, devoted to our readers, and strong on honesty and integrity. If you would like a FREE trial issue of Trawler World, please e-mail <mailto:circulation@trawlerworld.com> your full name and complete mailing address. Trawler World will be published by Trawler World Productions headed by Georgs Kolesnikovs, founder of the popular West Marine Trawler Fest series of rendezvous and an experienced magazine editor and publisher. The same team produced Circumnavigator, the special edition on passagemaking the world sponsored by Nordhavn. http://www.trawlerworld.com/magazine.htm toll-free: 866-865-2628 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOW TO REACH US ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trawler World News, an e-newsletter about voyaging, cruising and living aboard under power, is distributed free of charge as a public service to the trawler community. To subscribe, or unsubscribe, go <http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-news>. 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