1984 Marine Trader 40 Sedan en Long Branch, Nueva Jersey, USA

OVERVIEW
MARINE TRADING INTERNATIONAL WAS A NEW JERSEY BASED IMPORTER OF TAIWAN BUILT TRAWLER STYLE YACHTS. FROM THE LATE 1960'S THROUGH ABOUT 2010 OR SO, THEY IMPORTED APPROXIMATELY 3000 BOATS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 30 FEET UP TO 50 FEET. THEIR MODELS RANGED FROM TRADITIONAL DOUBLE CABIN TRAWLERS DESIGNS, TO SEDAN'S AND SUNDECK STYLES WITH MANY DIFFERENT FLOORPLANS. ONE THING THEY ALL HAD IN COMMON WAS THEIR EXQUISITE TEAK INTERIORS.AND ECONOMICAL, DEPENDABLE DIESEL ENGINES . THEY BECAME A FAVORITE IN THE BOATING COMMUNITY AND REMAIN SO TODAY.
THE MARINE TRADER 40 SEDAN IS A PEOPLE FRIENDLY YACHT WITH A SALTY PROFILE AND A VERY PRACTICAL LAYOUT. SHE IS BUILT ON A SOLID FIBERGLASS HULL WITH HARD AFT CHINES, A WELL-FLARED BOW AND A PROP-PROTECTING KEEL. LIKE A TYPICAL SEDAN STYLE INTERIOR, THE MT 40 FLOORPLAN HAS THE SALON, LOWER HELM AND GALLEY ON THE SAME LEVEL, THEREBY ELIMINATING STAIRS IN MOVING AROUND THE BOAT ON THE MAIN LEVEL.