Eric,
You would be going from what appears to be a very nice boat (although slow) to an outboard boat with an mast. If you want to go to a sailboat, pick a boat that was designed to actually sail reasonably well.
Not that I'm biased or anything... ;-)
Surely you must be joking. McGreggors? Might as well consider a Seagull kicker for it to really enjoy personal endurance
Hey, guys, before you stomp all over Eric's idea of the MacGregor 26, water ballasted trailer yacht, I would suggest a re-think, and consider the points I myself posted earlier on this thread re this same vessel Eric is referring to...to wit
Post 82, P 5...
....now there is a nice MacGregor 26 trailer yacht for sale right here at our marina, just to rub it in. Because thanks to the fact that model uses water ballast, so, it can not only be roomier than the yacht we had, but it is much lighter to trail, but then once in the water, one can either take on ballast and sail, or drop the water ballast and actually plane at 20kn, because of the much more powerful 50hp outboard they now use on these, compared to the 8hp ones we used to use.
The pic is our Gazelle 26 we had in NZ. The link is to a Macgregor.
http://www.boatsales.com.au/boats-fo...=0&pss=Premium
Because unless anyone on here has personal experience of using a decent sized trailer yacht, you can't really appreciate the sheer practicality of being able to drop your ballast at the ramp, drop the mast, and take what has now become your mobile camper trailer, and go inland, or up or down the coast, to any cruising area you fancied, much faster and more cheaply re fuel than in any larger power boat, and the maintenance savings of never having to anti foul is not to be sneezed at either.
So don't you listen to them Eric. I can absolutely understand your angle, and unlike the naysayers, I have owned a 26' trailer yacht for 5 years, back when the kids were young. When they got older the larger trawler style was great, but, now they have grown up and gone...?
Cruising, when you want to at ~ 20kn...or going slower and more economically under sail has certain attractions.