FamilySailor wrote:
We may be backing out on buying the Reinel 26'. I have been looking for a
while and I know I can buy a much nicer boat for that price.

True enough, but "nice for the price" is in the eye of the beholder. If
it were cherry & well equipped??


... Although it is
about the biggest sailboat I can find that is trailerable.

C&C Mega 30.
S2 7.9
1988-1994 model MacGregor 26

If you hadn't mentioned that price is definitely an issue, I'd suggest
http://www.hankhinckley.com/26top.html

You can still look... sometimes I think this is really my dream boat...


... I have a friend who is checking out another 26'
trailerable sailboat for me this weekend. This one is the trailer sailor of
my dreams. Will say no more about it until I have money down on it or pass
it up, if it checks out okay that is. It sound pretty good (as it has not
been seen yet!)

It's worth your time to check it our really carefully. No matter how
thorough the inspection and/or survey, there are always surprises. But
you can minimize the big bad 'whoops'es... like the time I bought a boat
on reputation (the boat had won a major regatta the month before) &
quick inspection, only to have a minor but very noticable structural
failure about three minutes before the start of my first race in the
thing... learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough
to make them all yourself!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King