The costs in Southern
Maine for
Storage of a 39 ft sailboat have become prohibitive at this point (plus I am getting older and I do all my own work). My wife and I typically spend 4-5 weeks cruising the
Maine coast in the summer (yes I realize how fortunate and therefore grateful I am). I am looking for a sailboat that I can
trailer (store at home) but that we can at least spend 1-2 weeks at a time living on. I have been researching shoal
draft sailboats in the 25-26 ft. range that are on trailers, and have come up with: Watkins 25,
Seaward 25, Com-Pac 25 (really expensive), O'day 26, Bayfield 25,
Cape Dory 25,
Hunter 25, and Tanzer 25. I owned a
Catalina 25 long ago and felt it was poorly designed (prop to
rudder location) so I left it out of the list. I would like an inboard
diesel if possible, but I realize that they will all feel really small after the cruising
boats I have owned (Pearson 365, Whitby 42,
Cal 39). I would love some input from the folks with
experience in cruising this class of sailboat. I am not looking to
race, my wife loves living on the
boat but she is not happy heeling more than 20 degrees. A usable
head and
galley are necessities as well as trailerability. Thank you for your thoughtful feedback to come.
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