<<Everything about being trailerable is bad for a boat>>

  Or, the trailer and container restraints are great, because:

    - They force you to think outside the box.

    - It cures you of two-foot-itis, where the boat gradually grows until it costs so much that it's a big burden.

    - Or grows until it's so much of a pain to sail that you don't take it out daysailing any more
      (why so many 18-24 footers are selling to older sailors).

    - You get the option to fit into a mono berth when needed.

    - It provides the option of not spending $4,000 on a boatyard each year.

    - You can have the boat made oversees if you want to save on labor, and/or store it ultra-securely each winter.

    - And you can trailer-sail.


  I'm a big fan of having a design being governed by a set of constraints.  Otherwise it's easy to just keep going.

  Of course, there's no perfect solution, but I generally like having the one limitation forcing me to go "small" with a 45' leeward hull.

  And for those who don't mind spending more and losing the trailerability, the Cruiser series is there.

        - Mike

 

Doesn't the joke go like this, inexpensive, trailerable, blue water capable, live aboard, fast?

You can pick any two of the above.

We all like to cheat though and try and get three or four of the list. In my thinking it is the trailer ability that makes everything else hard to do. Sadly it is only because of the 'artificial' width restrictions for the roads and containers.

Everything about being trailerable is bad for a boat.

Talador