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FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE IT ALL, A SKY LOUNGE ON THEIR TRAWLER

GRAND BANKS FLEET TO HEAD FOR EUROPE IN 2005

NORDHAVN RALLY OPEN TO ADDITIONAL ENTRIES

READERS WRITE: AMPHIBUS CIRCUMNAVIGATION

CRISIS ON THE ATLANTIC ICW

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I'd Rather Be Trawlering! gear for sale here: http://www.cafeshops.com/trawlering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T R A W L E R N E W S  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Broadcast on the Internet 04/19/04 Read this edition online with photos and additional text at http://members.rogers.com/waterworld/tnews_temp_115.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE #115 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Northern Marine 9800 introduced Grand Banks fleet to head for Europe Nordhavn rally open to additional entries Readers scoff at amphibus circumnavigation Crisis on the Atlantic ICW Brief and noteworthy Request your FREE trial copy of Power Cruising How to reach us How to support Trawler News How to unsubscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE IT ALL, A SKY LOUNGE ON THEIR TRAWLER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By the Editors No matter how we calculate the amount of money in the bank relative to the amount of money one can spend on recreation, you will need a net worth of perhaps $10 million in order to be able to acquire the latest offering in high-end trawler yachts from Northern Marine. The Northern Marine 9800 Expedition Yacht will be the new flagship of the Anacortes, Washington, builder. Hull #1 has been sold and is under construction for launch in early 2006. The yacht looks sleek, despite being 95 feet on deck. A distinctive touch comes from the sky lounge with an aft-facing, wraparound window that is on the same level but separated from the pilothouse. The latest model was conceived in house at Northern Marine, with a staff of naval architects led by Stuart Archer and drafting personnel handling all design work. http://www.northernmarine.com/yachts/exp/9800.html Two weeks ago, Northern Marine launched Timberwolf, the second vessel in the Northern Marine 5700 series that made its debut with Raven last fall. Hulls #3 and #4 are under construction. Northern Marine's smallest offering is 55 feet on deck. http://www.trawlerworld.com/twnews_109.htm In other developments, Richard "Bud" LeMieux, president, and George Huston, chief executive officer, the two principals of Northern Marine, have joined with Rusty Preston, formerly chairman of Westport Shipyard, to form a new corporate entity called Northern Motor Yachts of which Northern Marine becomes a subsidiary. Corporate headquarters and production facilities remain in Anacortes, Washington. Preston will be responsible for sales and marketing from a new office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Northern Marine Inc. http://www.northernmarine.com tel: 360.299.8400 mailto:sarcher@northernmarine.com Northern Motor Yachts LLC. http://www.northernmotoryachts.com tel: 954.316.6008 mailto:rpreston@northernmotoryachts.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GRAND BANKS FLEET TO HEAD FOR EUROPE IN 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grand Banks is organizing a trans-Atlantic adventure for its owners, but it won't be quite as challenging as the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally. In August 2005, about 25 Grand Banks will be shipped from Florida to England where their owners will begin a month-long European cruise in company. Owners will meet their boats in England to start the cruise by participating in a United Kingdom GB owners' rendezvous. From there, the fleet will proceed along the English coast to Falmouth, cross the English Channel, arriving in Brest in Brittany. The cruise will then take in the northern coast of Brittany to Normandy, stopping in several ports of call, including St. Malo, Jersey and Guernsey. The fleet will follow the northern coast of France into Belgium, taking the River Schelde to Antwerp, then rivers and canals to Amsterdam. The organized portion of the trip will likely conclude with the Dutch Amicale Rendezvous in the last week of August. Grand Banks has not determined exact numbers yet, but it will likely be around 25 vessels from the U.S. To start the application process, e-mail <europetrip@grandbanks.com> your name, e-mail address, and particulars about your Grand Banks. http://www.grandbanks.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NORDHAVN RALLY OPEN TO ADDITIONAL ENTRIES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Those who have been to sea on long ocean voyages will tell you that the most difficult part of passagemaking is leaving the dock. All kinds of factors can conspire to prevent getting under way, as entries in this summer's Nordhavn Atlantic Rally are discovering. Half a dozen entries have dropped out, opening the door for additional, qualified vessels to participate in the historic event. To qualify, all vessels must have a range of 2,500 nautical miles or more and must pass a survey certifying they are in seaworthy condition and up to the task of a serious, offshore passage. Makes other than Nordhavns are as welcome as Nordhavns. As many as 30 trawler yachts are scheduled to depart May 17-18 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Bermuda, then head for Azores on the second and long leg, before completing the rally in Gibraltar in late June, some 3,800 nautical miles later. For entry information, telephone PAE at 949-496-4848. http://www.nordhavn.com/rally/voyage/welcome.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ READERS WRITE: AMPHIBUS CIRCUMNAVIGATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our report in Trawler News #114 on the plans of Mark Roehrig to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious bus generated a mailbox full of e-mail. Here's a sampling: My first reaction is: "We'll see!" Others have tried this king of thing, usually with pretty poor results. Remember the converted milk tanker amphib? At least he was starting with a stainless steel "hull." --Henry Clews The amphibus is a FIASCO in the making. PLEASE attempt to reason with the (snip) individual before the SEA claims him for its own! --Robert E. Ebert Jr., Senior member, SNAME http://members.rogers.com/waterworld/tnews_temp_114.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CRISIS ON THE ATLANTIC ICW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Claiborne Young, a leading author of cruising guides on the U.S. east coast, has issued a warning about the state of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the prospect for no further funding for maintenance. "I'm very sorry to report that the Atlantic ICW crisis is growing worse . . . in addition to the 3-foot depths at Lockwood's Folly, I'm hearing that there are problems with the Waterway at its passage behind Carolina Beach Inlet, and at its intersection with New River, both of which are on the North Carolina coastline, south of Morehead City and Swansborough," Young wrote in an e-mail to the cruising community. Reportedly, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard are close to removing navigation buoys in those areas. To look up survey data and centerline waypoints through the bad areas, go http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/nav/nav.htm Lack of funding for the ICW in the federal budget for 2005 has spurred the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association into action with this missive to David Hobson, chairman of the appropriations committee for energy and water development, U.S. House of Representatives: "The President's FY 05 budget did not authorize any funds to maintain the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). This waterway runs through five southern states and is critical to the nation and the local economies in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has declared the AIWW a "low use" waterway using flawed methodologies. The number of ton miles traveled is the criteria used to determine whether or not a waterway is to be funded. Commercial use such as construction vessels, commercial fishing boats and cruise ships are not even considered when deciding the fate of the AIWW. Recreational boaters don't even count! The AIWW has been closed in North Carolina at Lockwood's Folly Inlet since early December and the Corps lacks the funds to reopen it. "The AIWW is closing and nobody seems to care! You can save the AIWW and ensure that our children will enjoy its beauty and benefits in the years to come. Please allocate the needed funds to the Corps of Engineers FY05 budget. The plea to politicians was prepared by Rosemary Lynch, executive director of the association. More information on the campaign can be found at http://www.atlintracoastal.org In his newsletter, Claiborne Young called on the cruising community: "The entire cruising community, diverse as we all are, need to come together on this issue NOW. If funding can't be found in Washington right away, we are ALL facing a situation in which our on-the-water experience will be changed for the rest of our lives. If we don't have a reliable Intracoastal Waterway, whether it be from Norfolk to Miami, or from the Caloosahatchee River to Anclote Key, or from Carrabelle, Florida, to New Orleans, then pleasure boating in the Southeastern U.S. will never be the same again. "Please write, call, and/or e-mail your congressman and senators. I suggest we make a real nuisance of ourselves!" Trawler News would like to hear your comments about the crisis on the ICW via <mailto:editorial@trawlersandtrawlering.com>. We cannot reply to each e-mail, and your comments may be published. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRIEF & NOTEWORTHY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two new power catamarans are coming to Trawlers Midwest in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for showings and sea trials. In two weeks, a Lagoon 43 Power Cat will arrive on a container ship from France to Milwaukee where Ken and Karen Schuler, owners of Trawlers Midwest, will take delivery of it. In May, the Schulers will head to Whitby, Ontario, to take delivery of another cat, their first PDQ MV34 Passagemaker. They will cruising the PDQ about 900 miles home to Manitowoc. Trawlers Midwest also represents American Tug and Camano. On May 22 and July 10, demo days will take place at the Manitowoc Marina. There will be sea trials conducted all day with each of the different in-stock models. All in-stock boats will be open for viewing. http://www.trawlersmidwest.com tel: 920.894.2632 Here is a song guaranteed to make you smile: http://users.zoominternet.net/~swmanor/ Here is the schedule of the remaining rendezvous in the popular West Marine Trawler Fest series this year: Poulsbo, Washington, June 3-5 Newport, Rhode Island, July 8-10 Manitowoc, Wisconsin, August 19-21 Solomons, Maryland, September 30-October 2. http://www.trawlerfest.com toll-free: 1.888.968.3378 World Publications, publisher of Power Cruising, Cruising World and 13 other magazines, has purchased UsedBoats.com from Nautical Solutions Marketing. The deal includes NewBoats.com and Yachtbroker.com. World Publications calls the UsedBoat site "one of the world's largest searchable databases, with close to 100,000 searchable used boats," ranging in size from 18 to 115 feet. The site expects more than 3 million searches this month, with hits exceeding 10 million. http://www.usedboats.com http://www.worldpub.net The 11th edition of Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands has been released by Cruising Guide Publications. Written by Nancy and Simon Scott, the guide features new aerial photography, useful sketch charts and detailed navigational information, plus recommendations for sights, restaurants and shopping. Snorkeling and scuba diving are covered for each island in the tropical waters of the British, U.S. and Spanish Virgin Islands. http://cruisingguides.com tel: 727.733.5322 If you see news in the making anywhere in the world of trawlers, please let Trawler News know via <mailto:editorial@trawlersandtrawlering.com>. Items are selected for publication on the basis of the newsiness and interest to the readership. 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