James Douglas wrote:
If I had my dream come true it would be to purchase a trawler type boat
probably at least 50' and live on it till I could no longer get on and
off it.

Wheel chair access?

I am not interested in speed

Is 10 knts okay?

but more on it's range capabilities

How much money do you have to spend for the boat?
I just talked to two Oregon ship yards last week. To haul-blast-paint
bottom/sides/house a 75' steel boat is about $8-$10,000.

How much money do you have to spend on fuel?
Try this: 20 GPH at 12MPH for 2,200 miles at $2.25 gallon = $________

and ease of use.
My question is what would be the minimun length that one would chose to
let's say go from California -- Hawaii and further?

I would prefer a nice 85' gulf shrimper with a Cat 3412 (520HP). Lots
of room and don't have to worry about bumping into things.

Although with 22,000 gallons fuel tankage might have to sell the house
to fill up.
22,000 x 2.00/gallon = $44,000 to "fill er up."

Go here for some dirt cheep steel boats.
http://www.marcon.com/marcon2c.cfm?S...=43&PageID=225

One requirement
would be to be able to be handled by two, or maybe 1 and 1/2 as the wife
is still not sold on the idea.........

Driving a boat is easy. Handiling the line when docking is another
story. Try arming a 2" line around pilings and other stuff on the dock
to get to a cleat. The stuff is heavy.


When I want my Norton motorcycle to go faster the first thing the
mechanic sais was, "speed costs kid. How fast can you afford?"

So here is my question....... Boats cost, how much do you have to spend
to buy it and run it?

Thanks!