Shallow may not matter to the original poster. He described his boat as a
"mini-cruiser". It's quite possible that it is a trailer boat with a
centerboard.

not likely. if he had a trailer sailor he wanted to get to BI, he would tailer
it to somewhere close in CT or RI and daysail it over.

btw, centerboard boats typically draw more than fixed keel boats. but you knew
that, didn't you bill?