Trailerable Sailboats - Convenient And Inexpensive

One of the best ways to enjoy sailing at low cost is toyou sail. This way, you do not have to antifoul the hull,
get a trailerable sailboat - something you can cruisethere is no danger of osmosis, and much of the
around in, or race, yet not have to worry about themaintenance needed on a boat kept in the water will
wear and tear a boat suffers on a mooring. You willnot be needed. Also, of course, you will not have to
also save quite a lot of money in mooring fees. If youpay any marina fees. The alternative is to keep your
have enough room to keep a sailboat of, 20-27 feet attrailerable sailboat in the water for the season, and
home, you should consider a trailerable sailboat, as thiskeep her at home during the winter, where it is easy to
will save you a lot of money. Of course, you need acarry out maintenance. A lift keel is ideal for a
car that is capable of towing, launching and retrievingtrailerable sailboat, and you will usually find that the
your boat, and you need a good trailer. For a trailerabletrailer is designed to fit whatever boat you buy.
sailboat you also need a launching slip nearby. ITrimarans or narrow catamarans are also suitable as
recommend a 4x4 if you are going to launch the boattrailerable sailboats because they have little draft, and
every time you sail, although if the slipway is wellso have a low center of gravity. The make of boat
maintained you might get away with a conventionaldepends where you live, but here are some suitable
car, but front-wheel drive is not recommendedtrailerable sailboats: Alberg 22 Balboas Cape Cutter 19
because when the trailer is loaded and you are on aCom-Pac 19 Cornish Crabber 17 Corribee Enseneda
slope, a lot of weight is transferred to the back of the20 Hartley 16 MacGregor 19 and 26 Montgomery 15
car, leaving insufficient weight over the driving wheelsand 17 Ranger 26 Red Fox 200 Sportina Swift 18.
to get good traction on a slippery surface. With aGood sailing!
trailerable sailboat you will save a lot of money, so longJohn Hartley, who runs Sail Boat started sailing sailing
as you don't leave it in the water fror more than adinghies, but after a day in a keelboat decided that
month at a time. In other words, it is fine to use yourwas his type of sailing boat. He has been sailing
trailerable sailboat for an extended cruising holiday, butcruising sailboats for 16 years, first a Bermudan ketch
it is cheapest to trail it to and from home every timeand latterly a junk rig schooner.