Hello all, after a short lived experience with a Hunter 23 that we kept at a Marina to learn on in Lake Travis I'm ready to get back on the water. We only had our boat out about 6 or 7 times but we learned a lot before I thought I was going be transferred out of state and sold it. Needless to say a year and a half or so later I'm ready to get out and give it another go. This time I'm looking for something I can trailer fairly easily though. I've been doing research for a few weeks but decided that it may be time to reach out and see if I can help narrow down a constantly fluid list and start from scratch with some advice.
In terms of boat heres what I'd like to find: Under $4k Trailer sailer with a cabin, probably in the 17-20' range (I'd rather not go any smaller) so I can squeeze it in the garage, which also means a swing keel or something low enough, something I can setup and takedown on my own and one that is pretty forgiving for someone new but I can also grow into. Hoping I can gain enough experience that my wife will want to sail again as I'd really like to live on board down the road. For reference this will be for lake sailing in Austin, TX and since we do a lot of traveling with our rig it will most likely travel with us to other lakes. I honestly won't consider ocean sailing until I get more experience and that most likely won't be with this boat but who knows.
Thank you in advance to anyone who replies! Hoping to find something this weekend within Texas or any state I can travel to in a weekend.
In terms of boat heres what I'd like to find: Under $4k Trailer sailer with a cabin, probably in the 17-20' range (I'd rather not go any smaller) so I can squeeze it in the garage, which also means a swing keel or something low enough, something I can setup and takedown on my own and one that is pretty forgiving for someone new but I can also grow into. Hoping I can gain enough experience that my wife will want to sail again as I'd really like to live on board down the road. For reference this will be for lake sailing in Austin, TX and since we do a lot of traveling with our rig it will most likely travel with us to other lakes. I honestly won't consider ocean sailing until I get more experience and that most likely won't be with this boat but who knows.
Thank you in advance to anyone who replies! Hoping to find something this weekend within Texas or any state I can travel to in a weekend.