I'm with Arild on this one!! The Coaster should stay close to the coast. David Potipcoe DragonWyck (KK42) dpotipcoe@home.com ---------- >From: Arild Jensen <elnav@ils.net> >To: Trawler World List <trawler-world-list@samurai.com> >Subject: Re: Top 10 Trawlers/Great Harbour or Florida Bay? >Date: Wed, Dec 30, 1998, 10:22 AM > >At 08:18 PM 12/29/98 -0500, you wrote: > >--would we not favor the Benford/Trane >>collaborations, those wonderful Florida Bay Coasters of the early 1990s? >> >>I know there are several fans of the Coasters on the List. Perhaps they >>will speak up and help as narrow the selection to the one model that >>clearly is the landmark vessel. >> >>--Listmeister Georgs > > >Georgs >It is my impression that the Florida coasters are really more of a high >class houseboat/ self propelled barge design for very sheltered waters than >a truly seagoing trawler. > >It has always been my impression that a trawler concept included some >specific features such as displacement design, sea keaping ability in the >nasty chop oftern encountered in coastal waters on the continental shelf >and the ability to take a modicum of green water aboard witrhout bursting >every picture window on board. The ratio of underwater hull compared to >the abover water windage section was also part of the considferation. >The typical morot cruiser which floats on top of the water with 18 feet >of superstructuer in the air and about 18 - 24 inches of hull in the >water automatically eliminated it from consideration of a trawler. >Just my impressions but what the hey!!! >After all you did ask for opinions without any constraints. Should be >a good exercise. > >Arild