Our water travel home is a 2002 Kady Krogen 58 (KK58-06) long range trawler which the home port is Juno Beach FL and is currently docked in San Francisco Bay area. We purchased KK58-06 in Stuart Fl in 2013. Prior to the Krogen we cruised the Bay Area in a 2004 Nordic Tug 37 from 2009 to 2013
(First)Water Dog Nordic Tug 37 In Horse Shoe Cove San Francisco[/caption]
Water Dog KK58-06 Vessel Specifications
After owning the Nordic Tug 37 for five years and going to boat shows and studying as much as possible decided a Krogen 58 was a best fit for our plans to coastal cruise San Francisco to PNW and Alaska and down to Mexico etc.
Basic requirements are 2000 gallons or so of diesel, redundant systems and a shallower draft coupled with a sea kindly hull for ocean trips in the Pacific. Also decided to go for a production boat with a good reputation to try to reduce the likely hood of design deficiency’s which should be worked out over the first few boats in the production run.
Main things that made the KK58 the boat of choice:
Draft – The K58’s 5’3″ is a shallower draft than 6’6″ of most competing trawlers of comparable size. This allows use of intra-coastal in FL and shallower anchorages and marina’s. The extra foot makes a big difference traveling in the east coast intra-coastal water way.
Twin Verses Single Engine – I have always preferred a single engine in my former boats due to lower maintenance and fuel costs with the single. For this boat went over to the dark side with twins.
Major item twins provide the shallower draft since smaller props can be used getting from around a ~6’6″ down to to 5’3″.
In the Nordic tug doing our coastal cruising on the day’s of rougher seas would always start thinking if I throw a belt or impeller I can get us running again but will not be much fun rolling around in the heavy sea’s while I do repairs. Having a sea anchor helps to steady you and fix your location but still not a fun time.
Twins will not solve fuel problems but does provide redundancy for the engines/shafts/props themselves.
Also all the boats of this size/type with singles will have a get home engine which is two engines for these boats also, the get home is just smaller. You also must maintain the get home and have a separate set of spares for it
General Data
Length Overall (LOA) 63′-3″ (19.28m)
Length on Deck (LOD) 58′-0″ (17.68m)
Length at Waterline (LWL) 52′-3” (15.93m)
Beam (Molded) 18′-1” (5.51m)
Beam (Over Rub Rail) 18’-10” (5.74m)
Draft (Designed Water Line DWL) 5’-3” (1.6m)
Displacement (DWL with Half Load) 96,830 lbs. (43,922.09 kg)
Ballast (Encapsulated Lead) 7,000 lbs. (3,175.2 kg)
Fuel Capacity 1,760 U.S. gal. (6,662.30 L)
Water Capacity 400 U.S. gal (1,514.16 L)
Holding Tank Capacity 100 U.S. gal. (378.54 L)
Vertical Clearance Mast Up (Standard Mast) 25’-5” (7.75m)
Vertical Clearance Mast Down (Standard Mast) 15’-9” (4.8m)
(DWL to top of Flybridge coaming)
Range* 6 knots 5,690 Nautical Miles (10,537.88 km)
7 knots 3,840 Nautical Miles (7,111.68 km)
8 knots 2,590 Nautical Miles (4,796.68 km)
9 knots 1,780 Nautical Miles (3,296.56 km)
10 knots 1,240 Nautical Miles (2,296.48 km)
*Calculated with 176-gallon reserve (10%) and 1 gallon-per-hour
additional for genset consumption. Ranges are approximate.