Top 6 Trawlers You Can Actually Retire On — And the 1 That Will Quietly Ruin You
Top 6 Trawlers You Can Actually Retire On — And the 1 That Will Quietly Ruin You Retirement on a trawler sounds like the end of the argument — slow miles, no schedule, the next anchorage on your own terms. What the brokers at the boat show will not tell you is that one wrong hull decision turns that dream into a full-time position as a boatyard client at two hundred dollars an hour in a marina you never planned to visit. We looked at the actual ownership data — liveaboard forums, bluewater passage logs, surveyor reports, and engine hour benchmarks — and ranked seven trawler makes. Six you can genuinely retire on. One that will drain your cruising kitty before you clear the first inlet.

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