T&T: Define "trawler"

[Bob McLeran]

The commercial spin-doctors engage in a fiction for their own purposes 
that doesn't necessarily apply to the reality of our boats and life-styles.

For my money, the word "yacht" implies a look and life-style that 
certainly doesn't fit ours. The word "trawler" has several connotations, 
but comes the closest to describing our boat, albeit used for pleasure 
and not the business of fishing, as Roger points out.

When we describe Sanderling, or we identify ourselves over VHF, we use 
the term "Pleasure Trawler." For anyone who is familiar with cruising 
boats, that usually conjures up the appropriate image.
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Bob McLeran and Judy Young                       M/V Sanderling 

Hampton 35 Trawler                        Cruising the Atlantic Coast
Currently: Plymouth, Massachusetts

On 8/1/2006 5:31 AM, Roger Bingham wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> In order to make their arguments more convincing, some people are applying
> the trawler definition literally.
> We, surely, are talking about "Trawler-Yachts".
> A leisure craft which is based on a particular type of working boat and has
> been adapted to provide some level of creature comforts.
> The nets (trawls) and smelly fish rooms are not now required.
> 
> Yachtworld.com has 27 sub-categories under the heading Power.
> This makes it relatively easy to find the boat you are looking for even
> accepting some overlap between types.
> Something less than ten may be suitable for "Trawler-Style Cruising" but
> they are not trawler-yachts.