Thom Stewart wrote:
Hey Doug;

My first boat out here in the NW was a Trailer Sailer. (Picture in
"Thom's Page) Picture taken on Lake Whatcom). A Venture 2-22. It sure
as hell was the right boat for that time ('70 to '75) Almost every
week-end we sailed a different Lake or Cove in Washington, British
Columbia and the Islands in the Straits.


There are still a lot of those boats around. There was one
in our trailer-sailor club here.


With the long days we'd trailer Friday Evening. Launch, if we had time
or if we didn't, sleep in the boat in the Parking lot and launch in the
morning before the Ramp got busy. Often pulled the boat on the trailer
and left it at a local gas station until the next week-end when we got
gas for the car. Usually for free for the price of two or three fill
ups.


That's a good idea... I could never leave my boat though. We
had a trailer bearing burn out once on a trip back from
Georgia, late Sunday night & had to be at work the next
morning. Keeping the boat on a trailer saves marina fees but
costs in trailer maintenance... a lot of people forget that
part.


With the Pop-up Cabin roof we had over 6 foot head room in the galley.
Sailed with a Wife, two kids and a Basset Hound. Loved every minute!!

My kids learned to sail on that boat. With the 18HP Johnson/ lowering
Unit, even with that much crew could make well over 10 Knts under power


You were ahead of your time, Thom... you should have made
the trailerable motorsailer/speedboat concept right then,
saved MacGregor the trouble!

We certainly had a lot of fun on our trailerable, and
covered more ground than we will until we retire. We used to
go to the Chesapeake every year... 4 ~ 5 hours driving
versus 4 ~ 5 days for most in-water boats.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King