Cruising Trawler
Commercial Cruising trawlers fishing vessels
for example, always has a displacement hull for load-carrying capacity.
Production cruisers, on the other hand, are as likely to have a semi-displacement
hull. Cruising trawlers are also subject to fashion.
A Cruising Trawler is a type of recreational
powerboat and is so named because, above the water, it looks similar
to a commercial fishing trawler. Within the category, however, are many
types and styles of vessels.
For example many USA production cruising
trawlers have a style which includes features such as raised pilothouse
or offset deckhouse.
Usually trawlers have a single engine and a large fuel capacity. When
combined with the slower speeds of a displacement hull, these features
give such vessels far greater range and economy than similarly sized
planning boats.
A large engine room under
the main cabin is another feature of true cruising trawlers.
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