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Originally Posted by BilgeRat
I kind of like the style but have not been aboard.
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I like the style as well, but I've not owned one (not enuf money!).
However I went aboard one a while back at a S/h
boat show (obviously the salesman was on a slow day letting me aboard!) - I am pretty sure it was 42 foot version, not the smaller 36 (?) one - I was very surprised how small it was inside. My impression was a nice enuf (but not particulerly big) master
cabin aft, a nice enuf (but not spacious)
wheel house which double as the "Living area" and forward and below a couple of small (not exactly inviting) cabins for guests /
storage.
Of course compared to my 30 foot sailboat all these areas
are fooking HUGE in comparison!

.....but I was still dissapointed. I am not sure I could live without some sort of aft
deck for lounging around (I am an expert lounger

) - even in our climate.
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Anyone out there that makes steel trawlers?
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Not sure if this is the sort of thing you are after..........it's 43 foot (a lot more room than I
recall on the Grand Banks - and a lot more capable of "Bouncing" off stuff

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Pedro boats - the dutch make good boats in steel (and these guys have been going for years - which in my book is always a useful sign), some of Dutch companies make the boats in kits, but not sure if Pedro do as well.
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I did not look up the prices, but before ordering a Kit you might wanna check the UPS charges!