Forrest Dyar is a professional harbor pilot with a passion for life on the water that he passed on to his wife Tonya and three daughters. When he decided to exchange his 50-foot sailboat for a trawler, he knew what he wanted. He wanted a handy, full-displacement boat that he could take to sea--a boat that would be comfortable, economical and safe. He looked at some other well-known trawler models, but in the end he chose the N37. Read a Q&A with Forrest Dyar.

As a neuro-psychologist Jack Kershner spent a career in academia, so it was natural that when he and his wife Barbara prepared to make the switch from sail to power, boat shopping took on the trappings of a research project. And who had more information than the many trawler owners they met while plying the ICW? Read our interview with the Kershners.