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ONE INTRODUCTION AFTER ANOTHER IN TRAWLER YACHTS

NORTHERN MARINE DEFINES LRC AS BEING BIG AND BOLD

TOP 10 TRUTHS ABOUT TRAWLERS, HAH!

AN "UNSAILBOAT" FOR STEVE AND LINDA DASHEW

MALCOLM TENNANT HAS A BETTER IDEA FOR DASHEWS

TRAWLER WORLD NEWS BYTES

WEST MARINE TRAWLER FEST HEADED FOR GREAT LAKES

HOW TO REACH US

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T R A W L E R W O R L D N E W S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Number 109 Broadcast on the Internet 07/17/03 Read this edition online with photos and additional text at http://www.trawlerworld.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- New trawler yachts are readied for launch -- Northern Marine introduces a 57-foot long-range cruiser -- Top 10 truths about trawlers -- Unsailboat for Steve and Linda Dashew -- Malcolm Tennant has a better idea for the Dashews -- News bytes -- West Marine Trawler Fest headed for Great Lakes -- How to reach us at Trawler World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ONE INTRODUCTION AFTER ANOTHER IN TRAWLER YACHTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Economic downturn? What economic downturn? The rate at which boatbuilders are turning out new trawler yachts would lead one to conclude we're living in boom times. -- Northern Marine is mere weeks from launching its smallest passagemaker, a powerful 57-foot Long-Range Cruiser; -- Halvorsen Marine has almost completed the first Atlantique 50 for Bradford Yacht Sales to a design by Sparkman & Stephens; -- The new Moloka'i Strait 65 has concluded sea trials as construction gets under way on the first Moloka'i Strait 72. And the list of upcoming launches does not end there, as you will read in upcoming editions of Trawler World News. Why, there's even a new Mainship 34 in the works! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NORTHERN MARINE DEFINES LRC AS BEING BIG AND BOLD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first yacht in the new Northern Marine 5700 LRC series will be launched in August, while two more 57s are under construction by the booming builder in Anacortes, Washington. The LRC designation refers to long-range cruising. The new 57 is the smallest passagemaker from Northern Marine. The builder has been focused on long-distance cruisers in mainly the 64-to-80-foot range since launching Spirit of Zopilote for Bruce and Joan Kessler on July 1, 1997. In philosophy and profile, the new 5700 LRC is very much the smaller brother to its larger siblings. It has the same purpose, and the same style, only in a smaller package. Bud LeMieux, one of the founders of the company, believes the 57 is the ideal expedition yacht for a couple cruising with occassional guests, and he hopes to build as many as one boat per month. With a beam of 17 feet 6 inches, the 57 is a big boat that comes in either a spacious two-stateroom configuration or with three staterooms. The fiberglass vessel is 57 feet overall and 55 feet on deck. It will draw 5 feet 9 inches. It's a genuine full-displacement yacht and, at 134,400 pounds, is no lightweight. LeMieux makes no bones about the fact that Northern Marine builds only what he calls premium boats: "We focus on quality, not quantity." Of all the features of Northern Marine, LeMieux, one of the few hands-on builders in the business, is proudest of the engine room: "Our engine rooms have been described as the best thought out and organized available from any boatbuilder. We are well known for a stand-up engine room that is properly laid out, an area that is functional, clean and allows for walk-around engine service. Storage compartments are built into the overheads and under the flooring grates. Large capacity reversible and variable speed air fans maintain proper temperatures. "All of the systems, including generators, black and gray water pumps, mufflers, chilled water air-conditioning, air compressors and the sea and dump chests, are centrally located in this area. It is in the Northern Marine engine room that the often-repeated terms of robust and rugged are easily discernible. The use of heavy-duty systems is everywhere. One of the most remarkable is the fuel manifold system that allows easy transfers of the fluids that are critical to all the functions of a marine vessel." Here are basic specifications for the 5700 LRC: Length overall - 57 ft Length on deck - 55 ft Length waterline - 54 ft 9 in ft Beam - 17 ft 6 in Draft - 5 ft 9 in Displacement - 134,400 lb Standard engine - 1 x John Deere 6081 Power output - 1 x 330 hp Exhaust type - wet exhaust Fuel - 2,200 gal Water - 450 gal Gray water - 75 gal Black water - 75 gal Construction material - fiberglass Maximum speed - 10 knots Cruising speed (S/L 1.2) - 9 knots Range at at S/L 1.2 - 2,500 nm Price of base boat -- $1.7 million The smallest Northern Marine LRC will make its debut at the Seattle Boats Afloat Show running September 10-14. The first three boats have been sold. Hull 004 is available and will be completed next spring. In addition to three 57s under construction, Northern Marine is currently building one 64, one 78, one 84, and two custom tri-deck motor yachts, a 127-footer and a 150-footer. No economic downturn here. http://www.northernmarine.com telephone: 360-299-8400 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOP 10 TRUTHS ABOUT TRAWLERS, HAH! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are the top 10 points about trawlers and trawlering you never hear: 10. My boat insurance is really cheap. 9. Marine toilets are really trouble free and never smell bad. 8. Everything in my engine room is easy to get to and work on. 7. Every boat yard I've dealt with was reasonable and did good work. 6. Don't worry about those old fuel tanks, they'll probably never leak. 5. Navigation electronics? Everyone agrees this is the best solutionb& 4. There's nothing at all complicated about boat electrical systems. 3. One nice thing about a boat is it's maintenance free. 2. Anchoring? Easy, just toss it in, sit back and have a cocktail. 1. That's really easy to fix and won't cost you a thing. The list was prepared by Mike Coble of Twocan, a Marine Trader 44 Tri Cabin home-ported at Isle of Palms, South Carolina. It first appeared on Trawler World List, the most popular trawler forum on the Internet. http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AN "UNSAILBOAT" FOR STEVE AND LINDA DASHEW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve Dashew, arguably one of the most innovative and successful minds in the sailing industry, is turning to voyaging under power, but, boy, is he having difficulty saying the word powerboat! Dashew call his new design unsailboat or FPB. Dashew and his wife, Linda, have started construction in New Zealand of a long and relatively narrow power passagemaker. They are keeping details secret, but our spies report the aluminum vessel will be 70 to 80 feet LOA. Always the clever marketer, Dashew is divulging only what he wants to reveal on his site, building a case, it would seem, for going into production with the FPB. The Dashews, circumnavigators under sail and authors, pioneered long and powerful sailboats for voyaging couples under the brand names Deerfoot, Sundeer and Beowulf. http://www.setsail.com/dashew/do_fpb.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MALCOLM TENNANT HAS A BETTER IDEA FOR DASHEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On his site, Steve Dashew writes that traditional trawler yachts, in his view, leave much to be desired when it comes to passagemaking. He says he is especially concerned about the possibility of capsize: "The powerboat industry must assume that there are no capsize risks, because as far as we can see, 99% of all powerboats--right up to 100,000-ton bulk ore carriers--will capsize and not recover, given the right set of circumstances." Malcolm Tennant suggests that all of Dashew's problems and concerns would vanish if he chose a power multihull. Tennant, the New Zealand designer of trans-oceanic power catamarans, makes the following points for two hulls over a monohull such as Dashew is building: -- Stability has never been an issue . . . -- Broaching is a non-occurrence. A catamaran tracks straight and true down the face of a wave. There is no rolling and no stabilising devices are required. -- Punching into waves is not a life threatening experience . . . -- If the catamaran is built out of composites as Steve is suggesting, then it will be unsinkable. Tennant's comment appear in their entirety at <http://www.trawlerworld.com/twnews_109_add.htm>. If you have an opinion--pro or con--regarding Dashew's or Tennant's ideas about offshore powerboats, share it with the trawler community by writing <mailto:news@trawlerworld.com>. http://tennantdesign.co.nz/ http://www.trawlerworld.com/twnews_106.htm For those trying to understand the difference between displacement and semi-displacement in power catamarans, Tennant has provided an illustrated explanation for download in PDF format: http://www.trawlerworld.com/tennant_cat_comparo.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRAWLER WORLD NEWS BYTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- SIMRAD is introducing a dual-range 25kW, 120-nautical-mile radar in a package suitable for recreational vessels from 40 feet and up. The RA55 measures a modest 17 inches wide by 13 inches high by 5.2 inches deep with a 15-inch TFT color LCD screen in sharp 1280 x 960 pixel resolution. The RA55 supports both 6- and 9-foot open-slotted array antennas rotating at either 24 or 48 rpm for fast target acquisition. Suggested retail for the RA55 starts at $14,595. http://www.simrad.com -- George Harizal is the new electric dinghy champion of the Great Lakes after winning the International Electric Dinghy Race sponsored by the online magazine Great Lakes Cruiser. For those who wish to enter, the rules are simple: You must use a vessel you would logically use as a dinghy for your cruising boat. It must be electrically powered without external generators or fuel-fired devices. The purpose is to demonstrate the viability of clean, ecologically-sound, electrically-powered dinghies for the cruising couple. The 2004 competition will take place July 17-18 at Maitland Valley Marina, Goderich, Ontario. http://www.greatlakescruiser.com/teaser2.htm -- At Detroit Yacht Club, members are able to surf without wires connecting their onboard computers, thanks to Wi-Fi. That's what high-speed wireless network technology is called, and it could be the next big thing in boating electronics. http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend26_20030626.htm -- Nordic Tugs owners in the southeastern U.S. and Caribbean have formed Southeast Nordic Tugs Owner's Association (SENTOA). The group will hold its 2004 rendezvous at Fort Myers, Florida, on April 4. For membership information, contact Al Casanova at 561-626-9548 or <mailto:ALCCA@aol.com> or Bill Hjerpe at 941-395-4564 or <mailto:wdhjerpe@hotmail.com>. http://nordictug.com/pages/ntowner.html -- Rex Yachts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is the new southeast sales representative for Selene trawler yachts. Tucker Fallon of Rex Yachts reports the brokerage will also represent Ted Hood's Portsmouth 52 Powercat, an express catamaran with trans-Atlantic range that will make its debut at Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in the fall. http://www.rexyachts.com telephone: 954-463-8810 -- Mainship is adding seafaring ambiance to the newest attraction at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. The U.S. boat manufacturer has provided a Mainship 30 Pilot II for The Waterfront, a five-acre nautical neighborhood at the theme park. http://www.4adventure.com/seaworld/fla/default.aspx toll-free: 800-4-ADVENTURE 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEST MARINE TRAWLER FEST HEADED FOR GREAT LAKES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trawler World is a proud presenting sponsor of the nation's leading series of rendezvous for trawler crawlers operated by Jack, Millie and Steve Rose. Here's the schedule remaining for 2003: Grand Haven, Michigan -- August 20-23 Solomons, Maryland -- September 24-27 San Francisco, California -- October 22-25. http://www.trawlerfest.com telephone: 888-968-3378 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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