Newbroom
Active member
Should read mid 90sVery often today's motors boater brought up on fast planing hulls have never experienced displacement or semi displacement cruising and comparing the two is a little unfair. It is totally different, many sailors giving up sailing for MBs look towards trawler yachts like the Trader because of the sea keeping.
Up until the mid 10s they were built to a price and sometimes the materials used where substandard but most of the time since then the stainless has been to a high quality.
Tony Chappels quality control was never great but certainly since it is a much better.
The worst sea keeping boat though badged Traders were in fact not Traders i.e. the 70ft was a Kai Shing unsold to another marque. the 65 ft ans 58 were Presidents re badged.