Hi All New to this forum but was drawn here when searching for hints on large trailable yachts. An old post by a small cruising yacht owner was seeking advice regarding the largest comfortable trailable cruising yacht as he was wishing to downsize to something that could be moved around by road.
The post was too old (2014/5) to bother posting a reply there but I decided I would throw in some thoughts and reopen the discussion.
Several posts back then talked about needing to be small enough to be handle by one person if it was to be trailable precluding many of the features available he was seeking from his previous experience.
I have searched long and hard with a similar list of wants to his and have settled on an Imexus 28 with large diesel inboard and leg.
My yacht with an extensive cruising fitout is well under 7500 pounds on trailer and legally towable by my VW 4x4 here in Australia. It is 8 foot 2 inches wide with a slight rub rail mod and 8 foot 3.5 inches from factory meaning no special width towing regulations here in Australia.
Mast raising is a factory fitted one person affair with all raising equipment remaining in situ for both trailering and cruising. This allows easy powerline and bridge navigation. My slight 15 yo daughter can sheet winch up the mast but it takes a bit more strength to roll the mast back on a rear mounted roller to pin it into the mast base plate. I have fitted a tiller in addition to the small wheel as I prefer tiller steering under sail.
The post was too old (2014/5) to bother posting a reply there but I decided I would throw in some thoughts and reopen the discussion.
Several posts back then talked about needing to be small enough to be handle by one person if it was to be trailable precluding many of the features available he was seeking from his previous experience.
I have searched long and hard with a similar list of wants to his and have settled on an Imexus 28 with large diesel inboard and leg.
My yacht with an extensive cruising fitout is well under 7500 pounds on trailer and legally towable by my VW 4x4 here in Australia. It is 8 foot 2 inches wide with a slight rub rail mod and 8 foot 3.5 inches from factory meaning no special width towing regulations here in Australia.
Mast raising is a factory fitted one person affair with all raising equipment remaining in situ for both trailering and cruising. This allows easy powerline and bridge navigation. My slight 15 yo daughter can sheet winch up the mast but it takes a bit more strength to roll the mast back on a rear mounted roller to pin it into the mast base plate. I have fitted a tiller in addition to the small wheel as I prefer tiller steering under sail.