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We at Northwest Trawlers would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!!! I haven’t written much in the past few months as I haven’t felt I had anything noteworthy to talk about. The boating industry, as you might imagine, is in a slump. It seems that the recreational boating industry …

“The Path”, which is Northwest 45, hull #2, served as camera boat for the T2PTV (www.t2p.tv) production of the Governor’s Cup Regatta, a 70 mile overnight race from Annapolis to the St. Marys River in Maryland. There were over 150 sailboats entered in the 35th annual running of this event. An interesting shot of Robert Noyce at the helm with …

We are excited to announce the addition of the Northwest 55 to our lineup. We asked Steve Seaton to take a look at the existing design look of the Northwest 45 and 50 to see if he could keep the look and come up with a larger boat. Thus the 55 was born. Above is a very initial drawing of …

Has it really been 2 months since my last update? I really didn’t think I had that much to contribute but as I think back, a lot has happened in these past 2 months. Steve Seaton Joins Us!!! We are thrilled that Steve Seaton has joined us to continue the design phases for our current models as well as future …

We have begun our 4th boat, a 50 foot (49′ 10″)version of the Northwest series. There will be 2 new interior layouts available. Hull #1 has chosen a single stateroom with a large king sized bed. A large master head with a smaller day head make up the forward lower level. The saloon, galley and pilothouse all remain the same …

We didn’t have a lot of time, but we were able to get the two boats out for a photo shoot. This is the only picture that I have so far. It was interesting. Paolo drove the #2 boat and I drove Nor’wester. We found that at top speed, the #2 boat is about a knot faster due to not …

A lot has happened since my last update. We launched hull 2 in late February with quite a bit of interior finish work to be completed. The owner and owner’s representative came out to visit and were thrilled with what they found.That’s the owner on the left with Robert Noyce, our Annapolis representative. The owner, we’ll call him “T” has …

We are getting ready to deliver hull 2, a beautiful pale yellow color. This boat is headed for Annapolis, MD next month on Yacht Path. They will deliver it in Port Everglades, FL and Robert Noyce, our Mid-Atlantic representative will ferry it up the coast.The radar arch is being installed prior to sea trial launch.With the travel lift in place, …

I am sorry that I am so tardy in posting an update. Since we returned with the boat from Nanaimo, we have been busy getting ready for the Seattle Boats Afloat Show on Lake Union and working hard to finish hull 2. Jan and I took Nor’wester down to Seattle a couple of weeks ago in preparation for the show. …

We are getting ready to announce a designation change for the NW42 Less than three years ago we kicked off the design program for the Northwest Trawler line. Throughout the process, we conducted ongoing discussions with our customers and continued to explore the latest innovations with our design and manufacturing team. During this time the boat we have always referred …