Voyager TY 620-B   
"WIDE-BODY-FULL-WIDTH-SALOON" - BUILD IN STEEL OR FIBERGLASS !

'World girdling Trawler Yacht' With it's displacement hull form this design is an ideal long distance cruiser. This is your opportunity to have your own passagemaking 'Voyager' designed and built at an affordable price. Now you can put those pieces together into one boat that you REALLY like ! Consider customizing one of our new designs. Bring us YOUR ideas. We can offer Steel or Aluminum Plans and Cutting files, CUT-TO-SIZE KITS or Part-Built or Complete Boats.

NEW PASSAGEMAKING DESIGNS:  This is your opportunity to have your own passagemaking 'Voyager' designed and built at an affordable price. Now is your opportunity to put those pieces together into one boat that you REALLY like ! Consider customizing one of our new designs. Bring us YOUR ideas. We can offer Steel or Aluminum Plans and Cutting files, CUT-TO-SIZE KITS or Part-Built or Complete Boats. The Trawler Yacht 55 is already a popular design and we have sold a number of sets of cutting files and kits for this serious offshore vessel.
 

Thank You Bruce for your advice, I recalled that you were very easy to work with back in the late 70's when I built my Offshore 38.  I see that same persona still exists.  Thanks you for the advice on boat selection.  Regards Glen
 

Passagemaker Trawler 620-B

TY 620 - Displacement hull - full width saloon.

Passagemaker Trawler 620-B

Below decks layout ... See STUDY PLANS for alternate layouts.

There is generous room available to provide accommodation for two couples plus all the facilities expected by today's cruising yachtsman. Trans-ocean capabilities are a feature of this design

From TY 620 builder :
Hi,  By the way, the TY 620 - 62 foot trawler yacht of Bruce's design that we are currently building is coming along very well.  Just received the drawings ( for TY 620 ) and we are impressed by the amount of detail on these.  We have made copies and have our guys studying them. We find these help the guys on the floor to understand the assembly process and things go much quicker. The quality of the kit parts are the best we have ever seen, and as a result, we are saving time in the build. At present, we have 9 welders/fitters working on the boat in three teams.  We have almost all of the plate hung in place and tacked up.  We anticipate the seam welding will start within a few weeks as there are some details to attend to. But we must say again, that we are very happy with the kit quality.   Brian
From another TY 620 builder:
Hi Bruce,  Well we're coming along fine with our project. I'm amazed at how straight forward has been. We are having a lot of fun. My employees are anxious to come to work each day as they enjoy the progress as much as I.  Thanks for your help,  Lee

Lee Simpson's comments to others
"As we worked, more and more respect came to Bruce Roberts for his designs. Things that made no sense came to understanding as we flowed through the process"

Lee Simpson who is building a TY 620 B from our kit writes :

Hi Bruce, Sorry for not writing sooner. We are really enjoying the project. I have a friend that comes to work on the boat in the evening just for the relaxation. We are almost finished welding the hull. We will build the house and pilothouse on a gig on the ground.

I must remove for transport and feel there are benefits to building on the ground. I will lift into place before moving to make sure everything fits.  We are making some changes from the original layout to better fit my needs. We've traded the amidships stateroom for a good sized head, pantry and shop/mechanical room. I will install all plumbing, electrical, day-tank, fuel management and heating in this room.

I've moved the engine in place and plan to build a box similar to a sound shield on a generator around the main engine. Quiet is important to me. All tanks are in place. I plan a transom door to the lazarette from the swim step, through the engine room and into the mechanical room.  hope to get my office gal to add more photos soon. Regards,  Lee

Hi   Well, the day finally arrived, the kit is here and on our shop floor. The steel looks great, we are starting to sort it into piles of the frames and associated pieces.  I think the guys in Holland did an excellent job of cutting as the edges of the plates are very clean and sharp with almost no bevel.  This last point is important, as we find with plasma cut kits, if there is any bevel on the edges it tends to add up and compound errors where multiple parts fit together.  So, we are anticipating no problems at this stage. Hope you enjoyed the pictures Bruce (our Bruce) sent you, we will send more as we start assembling the kit.  We actually made good progress on Friday and managed to build most of the building frames as well as all of the jigs.  We are altering the building frame a bit to allow us to set the jigs on the floor as we are limited in height.  As it is we will have to build the mast in a way that it can be bolted on after the boat is out of the building. Yes, everything looks fine and we are sure the kit will assemble fast. Sincerely,  Brian

We think we will use two 2500 watt inverters and split the loads again to stay with 12 volts DC only. I want to thank you for working so closely through the construction. He will be complete with the mechanical and exterior
within a month and my wife and I will retire in April and work on the interior full time. I am anticipating that work to take 3 to 4 months which is longer than it took to do all the rest. Janet and I are very impressed with your design and would highly recommend both of you to anyone who asks.

We will continue to send pictures and updates as we begin our part of the project.
Thanks again.  Ralph E. Elliott III (Butch)