Will Sunseeker make a trawler style?

Smaller trawlers (under say 70') generally wallow by the sheer nature that they have a displacement hull, rounded bilges, etc. And by that, they move in more directions.....whereas a MY will tend to rock back and forth in one direction.....either fore and aft......or side to side, or somewhere in between. The waves travel faster than the trawler does from anywhere on the stern and they have a bit more of a tendancy to hobby horse than a planing hull at slow speeds. Hence why you see steading sails on the small ones, and bulbous bows on more and more 50' and up. The bulbous bow provides lift forward of the boat and resistance to hobby horsing and also helps fuel economy a little. I'm not saying this ride is better or worse than a planing hull, I'm saying that I don't particularly like the feel/motion of it. I've done deliveries on trawlers of over 10,000 NM's.......well over...... I'd much rather a power cat than a trawler on a sheer ride/speed/efficiency type boat.

As for the ride, ANY 66' motoryacht or trawler the ride would equally be miserable on the bow in 6-8' seas, unless the trawler had a bulbous bow to break it up. I was in 4-6' off the bow in a 60' defeaver once and it was hell in a hand basket. That being said the 66' Manhattan is one hell of a sea boat. Motoryachts you can put the trim tabs down at hull speed and they help reducing pitch a bit. I've put close to 10,000 NM's on a 66' manhattan. 2000 NM on a 52' mahattan, and 20,000 NM's on a 62' Predator. The sidepower curved stabilizer fins are fantastic and a huge part of that equation and provide excellent stability both fore and aft and side to side. I had to no problem running at cruise in the morning in the same 6-8' seas. I've done LOTS of LONG deliveries at hull speed in motoryachts as well. Countless ones to Central America and the carribbean. Hell I took a 2001 45' searay sedan bridge to St. Thomas from Ft. Lauderdale at hull speed 90% of the time in 2007, and a 62' Princess to Fort Lauderdale from the Panama Canal. I've done the same with many trawlers and power cats.

Every boat is different. But I'd take any same sized SF at hull speed over any trawler in rough seas, every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Everyone thinks trawlers ride so great.......most of them I've run have been Taiwanese Tubs and typical Asian science experiments......same hull, lengthened by the factory to make 2 or 3 different lengths......keels, then shoes added to the keel after the build to fix stability issues. I ran one very popular builder model that the builder added a 7' cockpit on to make the boat a longer model, and just threw over 2,000lbs of lead in the cockpit bilge (and was still bow heavy) to counteract the bouyancy when they could've put a fuel tank or water tank instead, AND then had to put a heavy shoe onto the keel after the fact to counter act the instability. The boat handled like a total mess, and if you hit a counter current all of a sudden, it would do a 180 degree turn in 2 boat lengths if you didn't notice it happening and chop the throttles in 2 seconds and this one was around 60'. The Asians were NEVER at the forefront of hull design, never knew really how much weight they put into the build until it was built, OR where the weight was and COG really was located. The Asians have a habit of throwing whatever engine that was available into a build because it was available.......even if it had 50% more HP than hull speed would allow. I see so much trial and error in those boats. Grand Banks and Nordhavns tend to be the best of the bunch in the sub 60' range as far as seakeeping......There are exceptions, but I can name many others. Meanwhile I ran a 76' Northern Marine and it was a total animal, I had 10-12' seas on the bow and it was comfortable, comfortable and stable with them off of the beam as well.

Mapism- I respect your viewpoints and you have a lot of knowledge in some areas, but when it comes to actual seatime on many different yachts and types of yachts that you speak of, you simply don't have it and it's clear. I've run more styles and yachts than you've stepped foot on at the dock.

OP is talking about doing the Key's and Bahamas.....How many displacement hull trawlers do you see over there.....almost none......what does that tell you? You rarely see displacement hulled trawlers in the Florida keys or anywhere in the Bahamas.

Yes, there are 55' that can pound in a 1' chop or 1-2' chop. Your lack of experience shows here as well. Our ocean and waves are different than yours, we'll get 1-2' chop at 1 seconds. The late model carver 52' I think it is, will pound in that, heck it pounds if you're at slow speed in the ICW and a 32' center console passes you on plane. The 50' and 55' Prestige aren't any better in a short spaced chop.

If you read my statement "I'm not saying this ride is better or worse than a planing hull, I'm saying that I don't particularly like the feel/motion of it. " What does this state? That I DON'T like the ride. But yes the CURVED fin stabilizers help with the ride fore and aft a bit and so do trim tabs, when at hull speed on a planing hull. You do realize that all stabilizers help with that a little, they kick the fin out, which creates drag on one side or the other, to lessen the roll, but the drag also does stabilize the fore and aft a little by keeping the speed average better.........