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Frank Boettcher wrote:
On 13 Jun 2006 09:44:50 -0700, wrote:

If you live/sail in the areas that were described in the original post
(or where I sail for that matter) the quest for a sailing craft that
is not depth restricted, is large enough to matter and performs
relatively well is like the quest for the holy grail. It is probably
not out there, but you keep looking anyway.

I want to gunkhole all of the areas from the St Joe Bay down to Cedar
Key. They are pristine areas, worthy of the endeavour (at least as far
as I've already been and as described by others). I'm looking for the
boat to do that. My other criteria is that it be trailerable making
up a GCVW of less that 8K. With my current probable tow vehicle that
leaves about 4.2K for the boat, trailer, and equipment.

A Precision 23 is on the inside track at this time. Swing keel with
23" of board up draft. Several others in the category are being
researched.

3'10" doesn't sound like a lot of draft to most folks, but it is still
on the verge of being restrictive for that area. My last two boats
were 4'8" and 3'10" respectively and, believe me, I never hauled out
with any paint left on the bottom of the keel.

Frank
Who has no boat, but who is thinking of correcting the matter.

Frank:

I seriously considered a trailerable trimaran for the reasons you
describe. My plan right now is to build a sharpie with very shoal
draft with boards up as soon as I finish building my Tolman Skiff. The
Cormorant by Michalak seems like a good boat for this purpose.

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