| One of the best ways to enjoy sailing at low cost | | | | maintenance needed on a boat kept in the water |
| is to get a trailerable sailboat - something you can | | | | will not be needed. Also, of course, you will not |
| cruise around in, or race, yet not have to worry | | | | have to pay any marina fees. |
| about the wear and tear a boat suffers on a | | | | The alternative is to keep your trailerable sailboat |
| mooring. You will also save quite a lot of money in | | | | in the water for the season, and keep her at |
| mooring fees. | | | | home during the winter, where it is easy to carry |
| If you have enough room to keep a sailboat of, | | | | out maintenance. |
| 20-27 feet at home, you should consider a | | | | A lift keel is ideal for a trailerable sailboat, and you |
| trailerable sailboat, as this will save you a lot of | | | | will usually find that the trailer is designed to fit |
| money. Of course, you need a car that is capable | | | | whatever boat you buy. Trimarans or narrow |
| of towing, launching and retrieving your boat, and | | | | catamarans are also suitable as trailerable sailboats |
| you need a good trailer. For a trailerable sailboat | | | | because they have little draft, and so have a low |
| you also need a launching slip nearby. | | | | center of gravity. |
| I recommend a 4x4 if you are going to launch | | | | The make of boat depends where you live, but |
| the boat every time you sail, although if the | | | | here are some suitable trailerable sailboats: |
| slipway is well maintained you might get away | | | | Alberg 22 |
| with a conventional car, but front-wheel drive is | | | | Balboas |
| not recommended because when the trailer is | | | | Cape Cutter 19 |
| loaded and you are on a slope, a lot of weight is | | | | Com-Pac 19 |
| transferred to the back of the car, leaving | | | | Cornish Crabber 17 |
| insufficient weight over the driving wheels to get | | | | Corribee |
| good traction on a slippery surface. | | | | Enseneda 20 |
| With a trailerable sailboat you will save a lot of | | | | Hartley 16 |
| money, so long as you don't leave it in the water | | | | MacGregor 19 and 26 |
| fror more than a month at a time. In other | | | | Montgomery 15 and 17 |
| words, it is fine to use your trailerable sailboat for | | | | Ranger 26 |
| an extended cruising holiday, but it is cheapest to | | | | Red Fox 200 |
| trail it to and from home every time you sail. | | | | Sportina Swift 18. |
| This way, you do not have to antifoul the hull, | | | | Good sailing! |
| there is no danger of osmosis, and much of the | | | | |