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Originally Posted by drcoastline

Greg Lepore gives good advice if you are going to sail in the same water. In my racing days we did exactly that. Boats were stored on trailers fully rigged.

If you want a trailerable day-sailer that you can take to different waters easily look into a MacGrgor 26. It fits all your criteria. Headroom, swing keel, trailerable on a low trailer, rigged in 15 minutes.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjHz9mVm7HkAhVyzlkKHTrLD-UQFjAAegQIABAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fasa.com%2Fnews%2F2017%2F07%2F24% 2Fcruising-boat-spotlight-macgregor-26m%2F&usg=AOvVaw0bRCBc0YCG7Bgjco8hORc0

Thanks for the link to the article. I considered a Macgregor until the lady friends Dad weighed in.....I think he was the one mentioned in the article. Just comes across to me as a regular "family boat" that just happens to have sails for when you want to try sailing it....which is pretty much what the article stated. I've considered the "water ballast" boats as well, well, at least to realize that even though they might be light on the trailer to haul with a smaller vehicle, you've still got to haul it OUT of the water with a full ballast so you can drain it. A novel idea but in the end still going to require quite the vehicle to get it out of the water on the trailer.

The "Atomic 4" on the C&C 30....I agree, that is less desirable than a diesel engine when it comes to safety, I asked the owner about that and he turned on the large blower before attempting to crank the engine. I'll sit down and write out a list of the pros and cons on the C&C 30 see where I stand on paper instead of my head.

Next boat on my list to go look at is a Freedom 21. I've read up on it and am intrigued by the free standing carbon fiber mast, however, that mast is prone to damage that can be extremely expensive to repair.

As for the lady friend, "just find a Catalina 25 with a swing keel and a trailer and be done with it!"

Ahh, don't you like the old days of video tape? This is quite the "Demo" video of the Freedom 21, although sadly it gets rather shall we say "politically incorrect" at the 4:20 mark.