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You have not answered: What state do you live in?

This is relevant to the weight of a boat how?

How anonymous do you intend to remain?

As much as possible. I have several concerns, all of which are
not relevant to the questions being asked. If I lived in North
Carolina, the vessel would weigh the same as if I lived in North
Dakota.

Also, what states will you be in when you are towing on your
trips?

Please forgive my ignorance, but this is relevant to the weight
of the boat how?

I raised the matter of your boat's 10' 6" beam because in ALL
of the states in the USA, you will be towing an Oversize Load.

This to me is a more pertinent question than the weight of the
vessel. It is an excellent question, and I thank you for asking it.

How high is the top of your boat above the waterline?

I have no idea how high it is above the waterline.

After your boat is on a trailer what will the height of the
boat be above the pavement?

I have no idea what the height of the boat above the pavement
will be, when on a trailer.

Note that states have a height limit for towed loads because
of overpasses and powerlines. In most states the limit is 13' 6".
In at least one state it is 13'.

This is another excellent piece of information.

There's a Chart of the Trailer Towing Laws of the various states
at http://www.loadrite.com/ . There are a couple of mistakes,
but I think the chart gives you an idea of what I and others are
saying. You or anyone looking at the chart should confirm the
requirements and limits with the Department of Motor Vehicles for
the states in which you will be towing.

This is indeed a factor in the decision to acquire this vessel.

Towing an Oversize Load can requi a Permit for each trip; only
towing during daylight hours; and/or an escort vehicle or escort
vehicles. You may have seen this when a large piece of equipment,
a large house trailer or "half" of a prefabricated/manufactured
house is being moved on a public highway.

This I have seen many times.

This can get expensive each time you move the boat. You may decide
that it is not practical or "feasible" (your word) for you to have
such a large boat as your "trailerable boat" and so your other
questions may become moot.

Based solely on your post, and the excellent questions you have
raised, I am no longer considering this or any other large boat.
It simply is not worth what effort it will take to move it between
places to put it on water. If I were to buy a boat this long, or
longer, it would have to be for use in one location only.

Another factor is that you will be launching a 28' long boat with
a draft of 2' 2". I do not know and so ask others, can such a boat
be launched at all boat launching ramps? Or, can it only be
launched at ramps which are steep?

Again, my ignorance of this is telling, but are not boat ramps made
so that boats can be launched? I understand you to tell me that they
are not made for boats bigger than the little open fishing type
boats
that I see which are as small as the cars pulling them. I should go
and read more on this, and ask around as to how these large boats I
see get put in the water in the first place.

Sorry if this does answer your displacement questions, but you
have other considerations, as well, before you buy this boat.

I have no other considerations any longer, thanks to your excellent
questions raised. I appreciate this group for having good answers
and raising more good questions. It is a place to learn!

I know that this may be frustrating to all of you who know so
much about this and other things, but I have to start somewhere,
and learn from the beginning. It is good to see people who remember
what it is like to not know a lot, and who take the time to be
nice enough to make good responses to what they think are easy or
silly questions. We have to learn somehow.

And I apologize for all those other multiple posts. My software
does not work perfectly all the time.

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