1. The Troller Yacht Book: A
Powerboaters Guide to Crossing
Oceans by George Buehler
Cantankerous Designer Of Working Class Yachts
At last, safe, comfortable, ocean-going power cruisers that dont cost a
fortune to own and operate. When boat designer George Buehler realized
that he no longer wanted to cruise the worlds oceans under sail, he
decided to create a line of powerboats that sailors could love and anyone
could afford. For inspiration, he turned to the light, lithe salmon trollers of
the Pacific Northwest, among the most efficient, seaworthy, and beautiful
powerboats ever built. With plans for troller yachts from 38 to 70 feet and
detailed information about everything from design theory, building, and
outfitting to converting commercial boats, this book is essential reading
for anyone thinking about ocean cruising who refuses to spend $500,000
on a boat and $500 a day on fuel.
Personal Review: The Troller Yacht Book: A Powerboaters
Guide to Crossing Oceans by George Buehler
This is my favorite design book so far for around the world passagemaker
type vessels. Buehler sort of takes up where Beebe leaves off, and gives
an excellent working man's view of the problem. In his opinion, the vessel
should be built more thin and streamlined so as to burn less fuel. Trawler
yachts like the Nordhaven, are essentially fat, heavy, big-motored trawling
vessels, such as scrape the bottom of the ocean bare with enormous lead
weighted trawler nets.
His idea, the *troller* yacht, is more along the lines of line fisher vessels.
Longer with less beam (width), and stouter, and made of working-class
materials like wood or steel, rather than the "easy maintenence" fiberglass
hulls favored by modern yacht buyers. He also disdains complicated
electrical or mechanical systems, pointing out that such stuff breaks, it is
hard to maintain and expensive to have others repair. He gives a number
of outlines for vessels he has designed which have ranges of up to 9000
miles on 600 gallons of diesel fuel. He points out that modern workboats
are much like his: economical powerboats. Sailboats are too expensive for
working joes to go fishing in. They require big crews, and the gear itself is
quite expensive. He once compares a modest sailing rig to the equivalent
in diesel range: the diesel fuel will get you many times farther, and he
points out that in most sailboats, the diesel motor is used half the time
anyway because there is no wind. If you have an idea of sailing 'r ound the

2. world, you might revisit your idea with some of the ideas in this book. I
certainly think differently about the problem after having read this. This isn't
for Larry Ellison; this is for people who have to worry about money and
efficiency. Which means, I suppose, this book is for the type of person who
has to buy a book to learn this sort of thing; otherwise you could just buy
someone to tell you what kind of boat to get.
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