sue sanchez wrote:
There's an 18 foot sailboat I am interested in buying but it has a
fixed keel of about 3.5 feet. I've only had boats with a swing keel.

Can a boat with a fixed keel like this be LAUNCHED from the trailer or
does it require a crane to sling it into and out of the water?

It can be launched from a trailer... not easily, but it can be done.


I could have a trailer built for this boat.

You could throw a few handfuls of 100-dollar bills into a fireplace,
too. A custom trailer is a very expensive item.

Unless there is some really overpowering reason why you need to buy
*this* *one* particular boat, look further afield. There are a lot of
boats for sale out there, including many nice practical-to-trailer ones
that are already on their trailers.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King