Sailboat converted to . . . trawler?
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Just saw this on another site. I guess these folks own a 40 something trawler & because of fuel expense bought a 27 hunter. They're motoring their way around the loop.
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Wondering what marina would allow you to dock.
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It's NOT the worst I've seen.
Tie two 30's together and make one big cat. Just think of the room.
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It's NOT the worst I've seen.
Know a guy who took a Morgan of about 40', hurricane salvage and cut part of the keel off. Found a mast of about 25' plus boom which allowed for use of a steady sail plus boom crane for dink. Seemed to work well.
that has got to be the ugly-est pontoon boat i have every seen.
It's NOT the worst I've seen.
I am in the process to change a sailboat to a powerboat
Check my albums. You'll see pics of it. Opinions and critics welcome.
Check my albums. You'll see pics of it. Opinions and critics welcome.
About 6 years ago, a young man and his buddies took off one evening from A-Dock in Dana Point in an old Cat 22.
Right turn out of A Dock channel points you to the harbor entrance. Left turn = about a 50 foot path to the well-lighted bridge over the harbor.
Well, I was sitting in my cockpit casually watching the cigarettes glow aboard the passing sailboat, and then all I could say was, "Oh sh!t, he turned lef"....BANG!
That mast came down like a birthday candle in soft icing.
I then saw the boat around for months, no rig but a respectable hole in the top deck, being motored about the harbor for whatever recreation the ol' boy could get out of it.
Right turn out of A Dock channel points you to the harbor entrance. Left turn = about a 50 foot path to the well-lighted bridge over the harbor.
Well, I was sitting in my cockpit casually watching the cigarettes glow aboard the passing sailboat, and then all I could say was, "Oh sh!t, he turned lef"....BANG!
That mast came down like a birthday candle in soft icing.
I then saw the boat around for months, no rig but a respectable hole in the top deck, being motored about the harbor for whatever recreation the ol' boy could get out of it.
It looks like one of those 20-foot fiberglass elephants you see at tourist traps. I saw one in Long Island.
The first and second images are from one angle as are the third and forth from another. These were just ideas.
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Having been on-board a boat that was dis-masted I can attest that the motion of a sailboat without a stick is AWFUL!!! The masts dampens the speed with which the hull rolls remove the spar and it becomes a carnival ride.....
Oh. WOW! Pure inspiration! Great job and awesome idea with the top lid. I believe I'm doing mine like it but hydraulic powered. That is the best looking conversion I have seen so far! Thank You for sharing!