Doug said:
-- Of course, you have to pick a boat rather carefully, and make sure that
trailerability, rigging, launching & recovering, are all practical
evolutions instead of afterthoughts.

Hey! Are you *really* katysails? When did you start posting with quotes?

katysails wrote:
We had a shoal draft O'Day 22....easy to rig, easy to launch, easy to
load....what a pain....

ummm... I'm not getting something here. If it was easy, then it
shouldn't have been a pain.

Actually I am somewhat familiar with the O'Day 22, it's not a boat I
would ever pick to trailersail. It's maybe slightly easier to
rig/launch/recover than a Catalina 22, but that boat is truly a PITA.
Gotta wonder why it's so popular... maybe the advertising?

Anyway, there are a fair number of boats that're more practical to
trailersail. You just have to look a little harder and carefully
evaluate the boat with that objective in mind.


... all that time re-rigging every time you want to
sail....

All what time? The Hunter 19 that we sailed & cruised for ten years
took less time to rig & launch than many people spend getting underway
from a slip.

I was never so glad as when we bought the 27" and got a slip for the
season....I prefer spending my time sailing and enjoying the boat, not
getting it ready or tearing it apart...

Me too.

Although the most constructive attitude might be the fellow near us who
trailers a Cape Dory Typhoon... he spends about two hours getting the
keel-stepped mast set up, double lowers, tongue extension, etc etc...
but he loves to fiddle with the boat and counts it all as 'time on
board.' Plus, it's a pretty little boat and lots of people come over to
talk to him about it.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King