"Steve" wrote in message
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"katy" wrote in message
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huh? Why wouldn't you be able to singlehand a trailer sailerable boat?
We had an O'Day 22 and it was singlehanded all the time by either one of
us...and we've had our boat on a mooring...what's the problem with
that??? If you're worried about stepping the boat alone, it's really not
that difficult when you use a come-along...It's a way to get around the
waiting for a slip thing...you put the boat on the mooring and sail off
it while waiting for your name to come up on the list...in fact, you will
become a better sailor learning to sail on and off a can than you would
coming and going from a dock....

My only experience with trailerable boats are the powered variety and that
is definitely a two-person operation: one to sit in the boat and pilot it
and one to back the trailer down the boat ramp into the water. For the
mooring, I guess I didn't realize you could just drop a mooring somewhere
offshore and use it indefinitely. Don't you need someone's permission?
I've used moorings before but only those off Long Wharf in Boston Harbor
and they were maintained by the sailing club.



Sailing vessels are different from power vessels. I've owned
trailer-sailers, and I've sailed with others who own them. They're not
particularly difficult to launch/retrieve.


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