Owner Training
Living the Dream on a 44 foot Trawler
A little while back CNN contacted us and wanted to know about living aboard…living the dream. So we invited their producer aboard with us for a tiny taste of our lives as cruisers. […]
Owner Training
Owner Training
DeFever 53 POC- Performance Offshore Cruiser
How do you go from owning a center console trailer boat to owning the 53 foot DeFever of your dreams? Ask Captain Chris and he’ll guide you all the way! […]
Owner Training
Hurricane Isaac Delays Trawler Training aboard a Gulfstar 44 Trawler
Bob and Jama planned to come aboard for trawler training in early September but mother nature and Hurrican Isaac had something else in mind. The eye of this enormous storm was many miles off the WEST coast of Florida yet we experienced 19 inches of rain and gusty winds on the Treasure Coast more than 200 miles EAST of the eye. […]
Owner Training
Trawler Training Texas Style
This couple contacted us almost 6 months before coming aboard for boat training with Captains Alyse & Chris. Their plans included retirement next year and then starting the Great Loop…almost forgot…first they had to buy a boat. […]
Owner Training
Friends Find Out About The Trawler Life
Imagine you and your lifelong friends wanting to go cruising together, bareboat chartering or owning your own trawler. How do you find out if this is really what you want to do AND if you want to do it with your buddies? Call Captains Chris and Alyse to sign up for a few days of onboard training. That’s how! […]
Owner Training
Training aboard a Jersey 40 Sportfisherman
You read that right…we worked with a couple aboard their Jersey 40 Sportfisherman while we cruised north on the Treasure Coast to enjoy a lunch at Squid Lips Restaurant in Sebastian, FL. Although Janet and Harold both had been around boats forever and owned this Sportfish for many years, Admiral Janet wasn’t as hands-on as she would have liked to be so they asked Captains Chris and Alyse to help. […]
Owner Training
Training Aboard a Selene 53
Scott and Kathy purchased their dreamboat and asked us to help them transition from their sailing experiences on Long Island Sound to a larger vessel with many more systems aboard. We first met this delightful couple at Trawler Fest Fort Lauderdale when they purchased their boat and when they were ready to begin their adventure they called on Captain Chris Yacht Services to help Build Cruising Confidence As A Couple.
Owner Training
Training Aboard a 42 foot Nova Trawler with twin Isuzu Diesels
I had the pleasure to meet and work with Ursula & Manfred to help them learn their trawler systems and navigate from Vero Beach, FL down the ICW to Palm Beach. Then their Nova Trawler would be onloaded to a ship for transport to Spain. […]
Owner Training
Training Aboard a Marine Trader 49 in Chesapeake Bay
We had the pleasure of meeting Jim and Mimi at the Fall AGLCA rendezvous in Rogersville AL. Wanting to be loopers and cruise the Great Circle one day soon, this couple started doing their homework long before they purchased their 1979 Marine Trader. […]