I currently have a Mac 25 with a 15HP kicker.
Thinking I want something in the 30 to 32 foot range, to leave in a slip 9 months of the year.
I do not have all the money in the world, so I have been looking at prices more than brands.
Suggestions of a boat that can go down a highway and still be fun on a lake is what I am looking for.
Eyeing Clipper Marines in the 30 to 32' size.
I thought i had bought the biggest trailerable sail boat, a lancer 28, which is a beast when on a trailer. I wont tow the boat myself, as its too big, and it needs at least a half ton truck to haul it, (which i dont have) but, its i would say smaller than the grampian 26 i had, because that had more beam, was roomier, had a deeper draught, but wasnt really the sort of thing, you could put on a trailer. The lancer weighs about 5200 pounds, then you have the weight of the trailer, which at a guess, maybe another 700-1000 pounds. so all in, at least 6000 pounds, which is an awful lot of weight to be towing.
I dont know a huge lot about the regulations, but i had wanted a larger boat, that would have had to be hauled by truck, through a few states, and the price was so much per mile for the haul, then extra which each state charges for a wide and heavy load, on their roads, so it was all going to be too much money. I do know, any boat wider than 8 foot 6 inches, has to have a permit, to move in any state of the usa. But the length is not that important, nor is the weight, (as you are not going to get a boat, that is thirty foot, and weighs forty tons) I think that is about the weight limit for a normal load, A normal truck load, that is, and they pay so much to take that through each state.
Its basically the width of the boat, that restricts you for towing, howevor, the weight will restrict you too, depending on what you are towing it with.
