Anchors and Anchoring 101
This article is just a quick view on anchoring and anchors, this should point you in the right direction and what questions you may want to ask anchor manufacturers before you buy. I would highly recommend you always buy an anchor larger than the footage requires. I own a 40′ trawler sundeck and it takes on […]
Electrical Boat System
There are two systems, the 110 volt and 12 volt. They work in combination to power up your boat. There are 4 ways to get power, let’s keep it simple and go through them. First is your shore power, this is the electrical box from your dock, just connect the shore cord, one 50 amp or two 39 amp […]
Marine Surveyors
Surveying is one of the most important processes of buying a trawler. When buying a trawler you are responsible for the survey, hauling out and cleaning the bottom. All together your looking at about $30.00 to $50.00 per foot. It is the best investment you will make. No one has a crystal ball except […]
Trawler Sales Contract and the Art of Negotiation
A sales contract is an offer to purchase, in writing and conducted between the minds of the buying and selling party. Normally this is where negotiation’s start, the buyer makes an offer and the seller counteroffers, this will go back and forth until an agreement is met. The contract is signed and bound. In the […]
Trawler Towing Insurance – “A horrible ordeal turned into a wonderful ending”.
If ever you were to spend money on your boat it would be a very important decision to buy Towing protection insurance. After writing the diesel engine blogs on trawlerschoolcharters.com site I felt compelled to address the towing issue. Without the right coverage, a tow on the water could set you back thousands and I […]
Trawler School Charters Review
I got a nice YouTube Video Trawler School Charters review that I wanted to share with you today. Click the play button below to watch this Trawler School Charters review: Enjoy! Captain Bob Trawler School Charters
Fuel Contamination and Owning a Trawler Boat – What You Should Know
After reading an article single vs twin a couple decades ago it predicted that 90% of all engine breakdowns are due to fuel contamination. Wow, that got my attention, Owning Trawler School Charters equipped with a single engine was going to be a problem, so I thought. If ever read an article that got to me it was that […]
Single vs Twin Trawler Engine – The Great Debate!
This article will be my hardest to write, it is so controversial. It causes people to boil over into a heated debate on which is the better set up Single or twin! In the matter of fact I refused to write about it in the book I wrote The ABC’s of Trawler Buying, that was seven years ago. […]
Understanding Your Trawler Diesel Engine
Trawler School Charters – This blog is about understanding your Diesel engine. Diesel engines can deliver many years of trouble free service given proper preventive maintenance procedures. Fortunately, diesel engines are remarkably simple in principle and require very little in the way of routine maintenance, although what little is required it is essential for it’s long life. […]
Turbo Charged or Naturally Aspirated Diesel Engine – Trawler School Charters
In this latest post on the Trawler School Charters Blog we are talking about Engines. There is a difference when choosing a Diesel engine, they are either turbo charged or naturally aspirated. A naturally aspirated engine for example is a small block that could be a 120HP or 135HP (Horse Power), this engine has no stress, it just plows slowly through […]