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From: C. Marin Faure (no email)
Date: Sat Mar 01 2008 - 02:23:35 EST
The marketing types have gotten things so muddled up in their efforts
to "enhance" the image of one kind of boat by calling it a different
kind of boat that I can't keep the names straight anymore. So maybe
someone can enlighten me.
When I was first learning about this stuff, the term "trawler" in the
recreational sense meant a displacement or semi-planing hull with a
cabin configuration reminiscent of a working fish boat with
relatively low power, good seakeeping abilities, and low fuel
consumption at a relatively slow speed.
The term "motoryacht" was not used to describe a type of boat, but a
specific aft cabin configuration--- it is the whole width of the
boat and (usually) extends all the way aft to the transom.
So a "trawler" like a Grand Banks can also be a "motoryacht" if it
has a full-width aft cabin. And in fact that's exactly what GB
called their boats with full-width aft cabins. Their
"trawlers" (although I don't believe GB ever used that term to
describe their boats) were built in four different configurations.
The "Classic" or tri-cabin, the "Sedan" which is essentially a
Classic with a longer main cabin and no aft cabin, the "Europa" which
is a Sedan with a main cabin overhead that overhangs the side and aft
decks, and the "Motoryacht" which is a Classic but with a full-width
aft cabin that extends back to the transom.
But now I see the term "Motoryacht" being used to describe a complete
boat configuration, same as the terms "trawler," "express cruiser,"
"lobsterboat," "tug," etc. So what exactly is a "Motoryacht" these
days?
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C. Marin Faure
GB36-403 "La Perouse"
Bellingham, Washington
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