[PCW] Stuart TrawlerFest

[hclews at aol.com]

I'm just back from a brief visit to the PassageMaker TrawlerFest in Stuart, 
FL.   About 50 boats on display including a fair number of used boats for sale. 
  Conspicuously absent this year are PDQ, Endeavour and Manta. The only 
powercats in evidence are a couple of South African Leopards, a 37 and a 47, and 
the weird, but interesting, Island Pilot DSe hybrid.   

It looks as though the current selection of new powercat trawlers has 
narrowed considerably - although I gather there will be a PDQ 34 at the Miami show.   
Of course, that boat will be a 2-year-old Canadian model, production of new 
boats in the USA appears to be somewhat delayed. 

Henry Clews
www.snodoglog.com

PS: I have beached Sno' Dog on several occasions - in Florida & the Bahamas.  
 But everything Bob Deering said in his post is true.   It does make for 
great photos though!



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