6-10-2019 to 6-13-2019

Captain Bob

My husband Joey and I spent the last year researching and preparing to purchasing a Swift 50’ pilot house new trawler. We had little experience and thought Trawler school would bring us up to speed and feel more confident taking her out cruising. We just took delivery last week!

Learning how to navigate and reading charts, learning how to plot a course on a chart plotter was critical. Understanding how a diesel engine & generator operates. Learning how the electrical system works. We learned just what we came for, and more!

We plan to bring our trawler to Florida cruising the intercoastal south. We went to several beautiful Anchorage’s and we are looking forward to heading that way. Thank You for sharing your knowledge and passion. You’re a great teacher. We are ready to begin our wonderful adventures. Hopefully we will bump into you when we are in your area!

Captain Nancy & Joey
Greenwich CT

Captain Bob

Thank you for an interesting and informative 3 day 4 night training school, trawlers, trawlers, trawlers… your meals were tremendous you should write a boating cooking book (Nancy could be your first student, your fried Japanese panko Grouper was super Grouper. YUM.

You taught how to work together as a team navigated and cruised our 1st leg by ourselves the whole day and when we anchored we enjoyed sundown with our cocktails.

We came to trawler school with questions and left with all the answers along with new ideas to consider. We had fun throughout the adventure. Both our daughters just graduated and this was our first vacation in 5 years. All the Anchorage’s were beautiful but the overnight Anchorage at the Miami skyline was breathtaking.

We are 5 years away from retirement and you provided a pan that will work perfectly.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Marty & (Nancy, the Jersey girls)
Brick NJ

5-6-2019 5-19-2019

To Captain Bob

Thanks Captain Bob!

Sherri and I enjoyed our classes. The food was excellent and we had a lot of fun. We will invite you for a trip when we buy a trawler. Retirement trawler date: 44 months 5 days 52 seconds, but who’s counting?

We learned a lot and it was a pleasure teaching the Captain a couple things to share wit his clients.

Markers
“Red & Green go between”

Never
Wheat      Eat
Shredded

N
W     E
S

Take care and good luck!

Eric & Sherri (Secret last name)
Glendale AZ

Thanks Captain Bob

We had a wonderful time on our 3 day 4 night charter al- inclusive Trawler school. We signed up to learn about trawlers, how to handle them, docking, buying the right the right trawler, and living on one for a few days. Your school has met all our expectations.

It was nice to have the free time exploring and adventuring the places we went to it was just like a vacation. Kudos on the Captain’s teaching skills, keep it simple! All your meals were healthy, delicious and well proportioned. We also learned so much on finding trawlers and dealing with private or with brokerage’s the whole package. All this along with your entertainment made this the perfect trip.

Thanks again Captain Bob.

John & Pat
Saint Leonard Maryland

4-1-19. 4-5-19

Captain Bob

We had a great trawler school learning vacation with you. I feel a lot more confident docking and maneuvering a trawler. We’ve had a 36’ Grand Bank trunk single engine for over 3 years. I now plan on docking our trawler 90% of the time.

Even my husband who is a seasoned sailor/power boater learned many new ideas regarding boat maintenance. Miami’s anchorages were very new to us and you have so many urban Anchorage’s to choose from. They are breathtaking.

Thank you for accommodating my numerous food requirements restrictions. But you met the challenge and provided us with delicious food.

We are so glad we attended trawler school even though we own a trawler there is always room for experience and improvement.

Thank you for the memorable experience.

Nancy & Ken
Salute St Marie MI

https://youtu.be/C_xrYO8slgw

Here is what my last shipmates had to write about there Trawler school adventure.

3-18-19. 3-22-19

Hey Captain Bob

You sure put on good classes! It was just perfect we learned a lot and had many laughs. We met all our expectations attending Trawler school. We are so glad we’re the first couple to pass your course and graduated out of 435 other couples. Ha Ha only kidding, we are now Trawler Scholars. Yahoo!!

Docking a 40’ single engine trawler “priceless”.

We will keep an eye out for your next Trawler book Captain Bob.

Maybe we’ll see you on the water some day on our trawler.

Maryellen & Tom
Walpole MA

2-18-2019             2-22-2019

Captain Bob,

We were the youngest couple onboard (40 & 43) we still don’t know who Dom DeLouise Is?…? But we learned so very much! We had many adventures and thank you for letting us bring our fishing rods and blow up paddle board. We sure had fun on our off time. Relaxed, well fed, informed, confident handling your trawler on our own…

We loved our time on the Miami Mermaid!

Nate “Retired Submariner”
Carolyn “Physical Therapist”
Outdoor adventure lovers…
Best memories, catching numerous Barracudas
Paddling with all the Manatees
“Trawler life is the wonderful life!
The youngsters Ha Ha
Norfolk Virginia say it like a local not Bostonian

2-4-2019. 2-8-2019

Hi Captain Bob

Thank God for Captain Know-it-All

Yeah, we survived Captain Bob’s Trawler school!

Thanks for the grand adventure. You made us comfortable as beginners, from learning how to anchor and navigating down the Intracoastal Waterway, to all those beautiful anchorages. We quickly learnt reading charts, and were introduced to Captain Know-it-all (a chart plotter). We were navigating on our own in no time. Great classes and good humor turns out to be a good combination for the Captain’s teaching methods.

Thank you for all your 5 Star meals – best Grouper ever. Strong coffee and yummy yogurts. Really good salads, all and all very,very well thought out healthy meals.

Thanks for many memories…

Pronounced Hollywood Broadwalk not Boardwalk we googled it you were right.
Dancing on Hollywood Broadwalk. The Patriots win.
Somersaults on Super bowl Sunday game.
The unforgettable dinner at The Portly Pig.

Sea U
Karl & Shannon
Colorado Springs, CO

1-21-2019. 1-25-2019

Captain Bob,

Learned a lot! Very helpful as we are planing to get a trawler soon as we retire.

I’m not a mechanic, but Captain Bob’s engine class was very easy to understand and is included in his classes. I paid $900.00 for an engine class for 3 days, it was just too much information, but the Captain just shows you the 3 basic principles on how your Diesel engines work: air, aater & fuel, nice and simple.

Darlene’s seamstress skills came into play fixing the isinglass zipper on the fly bridge, the Captain was very pleased.

We saw dolphins & manatees and the million dollar Miami skyline where we anchored for one of the nights. Went to 5 or 6 beautiful anchorages and navigated the intracoastal waterway and Biscayne Bay. What an exciting adventure, like I mentioned we learned a LOT.

Thanks Captain
Dwight & Darlene
Rochester, MI