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Going the Distance

LOA: 43’0”

Beam: 14’10”

Draft: 5’3”

Displ.: 60,000 lbs.

Power: (1) 160-hp diesel

Fuel: 1,200 gals.

Water: 300 gals.

In the last few decades there’s been a rise in the popularity of trawlers as more boaters commit to a lifestyle of adventure cruising. And many of those trawler owners are former sailors who crossed over to powerboats. “I think it’s fair to say that the majority of people I know who have trawlers were sailboat owners first,” says Marc

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