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Your definition of cruising? Motoring around the Caribbean? Head through the canal and take up a heading for the Bay of Virgins. Not in a trawler.
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I love watching your subscribers grow. I hope you get many more and start making some serious adventure money!
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I love your videos I am in the process of deciding if trawler and sailboat and your video is very instructional...what is the milage and whats the brand of your trawler? thank you
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l have crossed oceans in a sailboat, but l am never going out of sight of land in a trawler
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Which sailboats have the best to live in with best price?
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+Tula's Endless Summer So i noticed you said you feel the rocking of a trawler is much less comfortable than a sailboat. Well that's sure a thing i don't want to disagree. But especially for your kind of trawler i have seen at least 2 guys online that fitted a custom mast on top with a little sail to keep the boat more steady in rocky seas.
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I've been asking the exact same question. It has actually held up me buying a yacht :( . What MY did you guys use? Most of the new yachts are quiet (Nordhavn http://www.nordhavn.com/ /Bering http://www.beringyachts.com/ / FP (http://www.setsail.com/fpb-97-a-wicked-intro/) I've also looked at draft, FPB is best, Speed, FPB is best, range, FPB is best, heavy weather safety, i.e. Capsize self righting, FPB is best....BUT, FPB IS BY FAR THE MOST EXPENSIVE. So does one look long term saving and spend an extra $2 million on the FPB (with far less space or luxury that say a Nordhavn or Bering) or just go for the space, lesser range, luxury, slower less economical alternatives???????????? dilemma!
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Dog 😂
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I have a 55 trawler would it be a good live aboard
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Great comparison. Although you didn't mention anything about draft. Doesn't a trawler have a shallower draft and is able to go more places, especially in the Keys and the Bahamas?
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l think the biggest difference is shape of the hull at waterline.. The sailboat is canoe shape, rounded and smooth.. Very easy to move through the water with very little power.. A small outboard will move a 5ton sailboat at hull speed using very little fuel and less noise..
l would have an air cooled motor with muffler.. Outboards don't have mufflers.. Outboards are cheaper to maintain then expensive, noisy, smelly diesels.. -
What do you do for a living?
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After you cost out the replacement of a set or two of sails, the equation in favour of a sailboat is not as strong. Also, with a fixed keel, a sailboat of the size that is live-aboard-able has a substantial draft, and does put some limits the places you can safely navigate to. Cats solve this to some extent, but the price point to get into a decent one is pretty steep, versus a monohull or a trawler.
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Catamrans ROCK! I've always thought a monohull is like sharing a crowded 2-man pup tent which has been pitched on a hill with a 20% slope. A catamaran, however, is like living in a small floating apartment. You have redundant engines, more room and best of all, you're pretty much always level.
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You are trying to compare apples with oranges.
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I love the dog...he's very handsome..!
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Loved the video, and especially the dog too funny, I have a 32' Grand Banks so I would agree with the trawler crowd. You guys seem so happy, glad to see its working out so well. I'm a big guy so the additional space of a trawler is important to me but, either way you go its a win just in lifestyle
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You might find this up your alley as far as cruising in style with a Cat sail or power.
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There are trawlers available with some good roll stabilization, whether it be dynamic stabilization (hydraulic fins), and/ or paravanes, so you don't necessarily have to roll in a trawler
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http://tulasendlesssummer.com Which is better for cruising and live aboard, a Trawler or a Sailboat. We get this question all the time since we have lived full time on both. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. Sailboats are cheaper to travel in, more peaceful underway, and reliable. Trawlers have more space especially on deck, are powerful straight into the wind, and don't stay heeled over underway. We review our take on both style cruising boats.