On Oct 17, 3:21 pm, John H. wrote:
On 17 Oct 2007 13:50:39 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:





Fair warning: Those who are offended by posts including a description
of a vessel offered for sale should proceed to the next item in the
NG. Thanks.

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Readers of this publication may recall a series of short items
documenting the construction of the new Northwest 42 trawler. Hull #1
("Nor'wester") debuted at the September Boats Afloat Show in Seattle,
and we got an opportunity to get underway in this new boat during the
Anacortes Boat Show on Saturday, October 6. After following this
vessel through every stage from the drawing board to bare hull to
systems installation and final completion, it was gratifying to
experience the final results first hand.

The Northwest 42 is built in Anacortes Washington, and is a single
engine, coastal cruising, semi-displacement pilothouse trawler.
"Nor'wester" has a high bow with graceful flare that will provide
reserve buoyancy in head seas. Her hard chines extend forward to the
stem, where they are elevated slightly above the waterline to
additionally retard spray. A Portuguese bridge additionally protects
the pilothouse from any "greenies" washing over the foredeck offshore.
The pilothouse features raked windows below a protruding brow, with
access to the flybridge up steps on the port side just aft of the
pilothouse door.

Beautiful boat! Let's see....if I sold the house, both cars, the
motorcycle, and kept the Key West for the dingy. Hey - that might work!- Hide quoted text -

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I liked this boat a lot.

I can give you almost 900,000 reasons why I won't be affording one any
time soon, but there are vast numbers of folks with a lot more money
than my modest little pile and some who are more willing to direct a
greater percentage of their assets into boat ownership. I think that
with production ramped up to full tilt they will only be building
about two dozen of these a year, so they don't need a large number of
people willing and able to buy one- just a number of the right people.

If I ever have a single screw boat built to my specifications
it will very likely include an articulating rudder.