Chuck, have you ever done a write-up on the Monk 36 trawler?

--
John H.
On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD

Yes, but it has been a few years and I'd have to dig through some old
disks to find it.

I took a close look at a traditional tri-cabin layout, master stateroom
aft, and noticed, generally, that the Monk maintains most of the
advantages and lovable characteristics of the ubiquitous "Taiwan
trawler" while solving a number of
the most common problems. Better windows and deck hardware, much lower
maintenance exteriors, identifiable brand-name systems, better wiring
than some of the cheap-and dirty Taiwan boats used to feature. (Some
Taiwan boats are very nicely wired). As I recall, the Monk is built in
a community with a tradition of producing commercial fish boats- and
without re-checking specifically I believe it's in SE Canada. At the
time, every Monk built underwent final a Sea Trial as each boat needed
to be moved across some decent sized body of water to some port where
they could be loaded for truck transport.

If I were looking for a new, 36-foot trawler I would include the Monk
in the deliberations. I'm surprised the boat isn't more widely
available, but that may be due to limited factory capacity rather then
slack demand.