2005 Seahorse Coot 35

Due to work commitments Montelena must be sold this summer!  Unbeatable value for a steel ocean going well equiped motor trawler. Plenty of new and upgraded features. Come take a look! Topped up an extra 100 gallons of diesel to go anywhere on this low fuel consumption boat. Cruise at 1/3 gallon per hour! John Deere diesel runs all day at 90% power, cruise for a week without stopping.

The Seahorse COOT is a medium sized Trawler Yacht that is specifically planned out for NW cruising, designed by George Buehler and well built by Seahorse Marine in China with more than 30 plus years ship building experience.  The features that make COOT so appealing here will be appreciated anywhere.

Full paint job and repairs and refurbishments including new Raymarine Nav/Radar multi unit, engine mount reset and much more completed by Asian Fast marine shipbuilders Indonesia. There is much to love about this little beauty and it's been relocated from Asia to the best crusing grounds for this boat's best life!

The Pacific Northwest is absolutely tremendous cruising grounds. That’s the sole reason I live here in Hood River. There’s semi-protected waters stretching from 70 miles south of Seattle to several thousands of miles north. There’s thousands of anchorages and dozens of small towns. A couple could literally spend their lives cruising this area and rarely anchor in the same place twice. Weather is an issue; it can get quite rough quickly. But there’s usually shelter not to far away and COOT can easily handle almost anything she’s likely to encounter here. And the cruising is year around; winters are damp and cold but rarely frozen, and many people say they prefer winter cruising through the Islands because there’s less people! Of course that’s assuming they have a boat with a snug pilot house. Winter cruising here in a sailboat is miserable….

COOT has many unique qualities! She is designed and built along real workboat ideas. This is how any boat calling itself a trawler should be built, but few are you’ll see if you compare them to COOT.

She one of the very few production boats offered in steel and is built to the Chinese CCS standard, which like Lloyds, is one of the three internationally recognized ship building standards. Her heavy steel hull can take mishaps with rocks or deadheads with ease which makes cruising at night or fog far less stressful than with a glass boat.
Her long full keel protects the prop and rudder. Her rudder is oversized and easily removed. She has 13″ bulwarks and a 1 1/2″ diameter welded pipe station and rail system. Along with spacious 16″ side decks, heavy handrails on the house, and a good non-slip deck coating, movement on deck is easy and safe. It would be very difficult to fall off. 

Voltage conversion and new inverter, Wabasto diesel heater installed, new dometic fridge and many other upgrades done by Schooner Creek boatworks in Portland Oregon. New compass and engine service all done in the last 12 months.