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wrote:
a "fast trawler" is
typically unfit for LRC. Is the "passagemaker" adjective a factory
claim, a reviewer's loose use of the term, or a retailer's fantasy?

A little of all three, probably

Wayne.B wrote:
It's like sailing. Everyone talks about passage making and crossing
oceans with their sail boat but only about 1% do. It's just good
marketing to appeal to the other 99% and ignore the reality.

I'd suggest the opposite is true. Everyone wants to dream about crossing
oceans, and want a boat that they *could* do it in, if they weren't tied
down with commuter traffic, mortgage payments, & committee meetings.

That's why all those sailboats that look like a tiki bar (notably
including some Beneteaus) are described as "seaworthy passagemakers"
even though the only "passage" they're likely to make is from the
Trav-L-Lift to their slip.

... Besides,
we all know that trawlers are cool looking, right?

Not that one.