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Bollweevil
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Fulshear, Texanistan
Posts: 3,363
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I recently sold my 34 footer which my wife and I sailed all up and down the TX Gulf Coast for years, no problems handling at all (just need to be very cognizant of the weather and don't do anything stupid). Biggest problem on Gulf coast and intercoastal is running aground.
A good friend has a 42 footer he and his wife sailed (or motored) from TX to Maine mostly on the intercoastal.
As far as building your skills up for a year, something like a Catalina 22 is easily trailerable and you can overnight on. The sails are small enough that you can handle them manually but a small roller furler is really convenient. You can pick up a used one with trailer for very little and it is a good refresher boat. You can easily single hand a 30' footer but trailering one may be a different story. I would think something in the 22-27 foot range with a swing keel would be a good for refreshing and trailering.
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Jack
74 911 Coupe
2.7L - K21 Option - S suspension
Last edited by 74-911; 06-15-2015 at 05:29 AM..
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