Briney Bug

Trawlers Briney Bug

Classic appeal, brand new Yanmar 57 HP engine: authentic wooden trawler ready to take you truly off the grid. Low-cost and low-stress cruising awaits!

For the purist who craves authentic, no-nonsense seafaring, this 2005 wooden-hulled sail-assisted trawler/motorsailor is gloriously minimalistic but can also be easily modernized with expanded solar capacity or anything else the new owner desires. She has been featured in multiple cruising publications (see links) and her owners teach seminars on simple and LOW-COST cruising for the SSCA and other organizations. Their legacy and hard work will allow you to enjoy cruising with more relaxation and less time spent fixing complicated systems. 

Her loving owners constructed her themselves using carvel-planked pressure-treated pine over sawn frames with galvanized fasteners in a backyard setting, emphasizing simplicity, affordability, seaworthiness, and self-sufficiency for long-term liveaboard cruising for a couple. Her interior is varnished cypress with bronze fasteners.

This is an honest, capable vessel built for those who appreciate wood's warm character, clean lines, and the romance of classic boat design. Traditional displacement hull, steadying sails for smoother passages and fuel savings in a breeze, and the unmistakable soul of a bygone era. She's a head-turner and you'll make friends wherever you go...if that's what you want. But if your ultimate desire is to be off-grid and away from the world, she's the right boat for that too. 

Key Highlights:

• Brand-new 2025 57hp Yanmar diesel engine (just installed – 2 year warranty) Less than 10 hours
• Easy manually-lowered mast for inland exploring (a perfect Great Looper!)
• Kerosine lighting for a soft traditional ambiance (electric 12V lighting as well)
• All systems set up to be run manually without reliance on mechanical/electrical systems
• Truly a "bug-out" off-grid vessel

Galley & Salon ~ 

• Sigmar diesel heater w/ cooktop and oven
• 2-Burner propane stove
• 20lb propane w/ filling adaptor, 4 1lb canisters
• Ice Box built-in refrigeration
• Cabin kerosene lamps
• Single electric cabin light
• Single DC navigation table light
• Hand and Foot water pump plumbing

Sleeping Quarters ~ 

• Queen centerline berth
• Composting Head - 2022
• Shower tub

Topsides ~

• Mainsail, Jib & Drifter - average condition
• Kerosene running and anchor lights
• 2 - Weather panels for pilothouse
• Custom 8' fiberglass tender with 2.3hp Honda outboard
• ABI horizontal manual windlass
• SuperMAX adjustable 50lb. anchor
• 2 - Luke anchors 100lb & 70lb
• 2 - Fortress FX-37 & FX-16
• 2 - dinghy anchors: 5lb Grapnel 7 3lb Danforth
• 200' of 5/16" high test chain
• 15' of 5/16" chain
• 30' of 5/8" 3-strand nylon rode
• 200 feet 1 3/16" diameter 3-strand nylon line for storm rode
• Swim ladder: collapsible rope-and-wood
• Boat poles
• Ships bell
• 2 - Block and tackle 
• Variety of dock lines, fenders & additional rode

Miscellaneous ~ 

• Predator 2000-watt portable genset
• Lead acid starter battery
• ProMariner battery charger
• Electric & manual bilge pumps
• Brass aneroid weather barometer - Weems and Plath
• 3 - Brass aneroid quartz clocks - Weems and Plath
• Ships bell
• Variety of safety gear
• Variety of chart books East coast and Bahamas
• Dive/Snorkel/Fishing gear:Two sets Hawaiian sling poles with spear tips
• Two sets wet suits: one XL, one small
• Two sets snorkels, masks, fins
• One fishing yo-yo and line; misc. lures and hooks

Look for "Briney Bug" in Trawlers & Trawlering, Oriental Town Dock, Passagemaker, Waterway Guide and more. Owners also wrote cruising book on anchoring titled "Anchoring: A Ground Tackler's Apprentice."