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NO STOPPING TRANE AS ISLAND PILOT LAUNCHES

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WITH 2.5 HORSEPOWER

NORDHAVN UNVEILS 68-FOOT PASSAGEMAKER

NORTH CAROLINA CRUISING GUIDE UPDATED

LOW-SPEED WORK MODE FOR NEW COMNAV AUTPILOT

NO TRANSAT RALLY IN 2006

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I'd Rather Be Trawlering T-Shirts for sale here: http://www.cafeshops.com/trawlering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T R A W L E R N E W S  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Broadcast on the Internet 05/11/05 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE #119 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --All-new Island Pilot 395 launched --Fuel burn to die for --Nordhavn 68 unveiled --North Carolina guide updated --Low-speed function for ComNav --No trans-Atlantic rally in 2006 --Request your FREE trial copy of Power Cruising --How to reach us --How to unsubscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NO STOPPING TRANE AS ISLAND PILOT LAUNCHES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reuben Trane, birth mother to Florida Bay Coaster and midwife to Krogen Express, is bringing another new concept to the boating market. It's the Island Pilot 395, a fast trawler based on the working pilot boats of U.S. commercial harbors. Trane, just back from the factory in Zhuhai, China, says he sea-trialed Hull #1 two weeks ago: "Our expectations were exceeded by the performance produced by the pair of 350 HP Volvo Penta D6 diesels driving Duo Prop sterndrives! A top end of over 33 knots! A cruise of over 28 knots burning less than 28 gallons/hour (better than 1 nautical mile per gallon). This high-speed performance was matched by her displacement speed efficiency. She uses 2.9 gallons/hour at 7.8 knots giving her a range of 1,000 nautical miles using 90% of her full load of 400 gallons of fuel." Here is a question-and-answer interview conducted prior to his factory visit: Q: When will the first boat arrive in U.S. waters? Where, exactly, and what plans are there to show it? A: Early June in Haddam, Connecticut. I will be showing and sea-trialing her there (this is up the Connecticut River from Essex). Q: What is the base price? A: Pre-constrution orders are priced as follows: D3-163HP motors $339,500, D4-260HP motors $358,000, D6-350HP motors $379,250. Pre-construction orders will also include: Complete second set of electronics for fly bridge (lower station electronics are standard), Satellite gyro-stabilized TV antenna (KVH or equivalent) and 5HP Wesmar bow thruster. Q: What do you consider your greatest achievements to be in the boating industry? A: The Peep Hen, my 14-foot camp cruiser. Q: What caused you to develop the Island Pilot? A: If I had $5 for every time someone stepped on a Great Harbour N37 (my last full displacement design) who said, "If you could make her go 15 knots, I'd buy her," I could have stopped this foolishness and retired. Instead, I decided to take the salient features that made the N37 the successful trawler that she is and give her some updated styling and speed. Add to that the extreme value to be gained by building in China and by making all the normal options standard, and you have something fresh in the market. Q: How old are you? What was your first boating experience? A: Turned 60 in December. I started canoeing when 8 years old on Lake Temagami in Ontario, Canada. Went to camp at 9 (8 weeks of canoe tripping). My dad bought a 50-foot Chris Craft when I was 12 and that's when I started cruising. Started my first boat company in 1979, Florida Bay Boat Company. Of the five brands I've brought to market in the past 25 years, four have been in continual production and are still in production (Florida Bay Hens, Krogen Express, Great Harbour Trawlers and now, Island Pilot). Only line that didn't last was the Florida Bay Coasters, most likely my most loved product. http://www.islandpilot.com/ toll-free: 888-443-2965 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WITH 2.5 HORSEPOWER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 30 marked the 10th anniversary of one of the most remarkable voyages under power, the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a 21-foot boat powered by a 2.5-horsepower outboard motor. The man who accomplished the feat in 27 days was Seiko Nakajima of Switzerland, the outboard power was Tohatsu. And the fuel burn? 0.23 gallons per hour, at an average speed of 3.69 knots. http://www.tohatsu.com/news/seiko.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NORDHAVN UNVEILS 68-FOOT PASSAGEMAKER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In introducing a new 68-foot long-range Nordhavn, Pacific Asian Enteriprises says it's maintaining a "focus on building brawny boats loaded with technology, amenities and style as reflected in its latest models. With popularity of expedition-style trawlers at an all-time high, the new 68 will bridge the gap between the look and feel of the Nordhavn 62 and the flagship of the line, the Nordhavn 76. "There are those who have great affection for the aft pilothouse boat and we felt that there was room in between our 62 and 76 for such a Nordhavn," said PAE President Dan Streech. http://www.nordhavn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NORTH CAROLINA CRUISING GUIDE UPDATED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There's a new cruising guide coming from Claiborne Young of Watermark Publishing: "A thoroughly and extensively updated, much anticipated, sixth edition of our long popular Cruising Guide to Coastal North Carolina will be released June 1." http://www.CruisingGuide.com toll-free: 800-803-0809 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LOW-SPEED WORK MODE FOR NEW COMNAV AUTPILOT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Responsive rudder control is important for workboats, sportfishers and other vessels such as trawler yachts that often operate at low speeds. These boats get an extra hand with the Admiral ComPilot from ComNav Marine which features a work mode that provides increased rudder response and advanced steering functions. http://www.comnav.com tel: 604-207-1600 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NO TRANSAT RALLY IN 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plans for an all-make rally across the Atlantic next year to follow in the wake of the successful Nordhavn Atlantic Rally have not materialized. "There was interest from would-be participants but not sufficient to operate a rally as an independent event," said Georgs Kolesnikovs, a member of the organizing group behind the idea for North Atlantic Rally 2006. 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