Greetings all.
I started a thread a while back asking for advice on trailerable cruisers and got some great advice and suggestions. I actually put a deposit down on an R22 but for a variety of reasons, was not able to go through with the sale.
That sent me back to the drawing board and I eventually decided that I'd be better served with a something a bit smaller that would be easier to trailer and perhaps also easier to rig. My planned use also changed somewhat and now think that the boat will see most of her service as a local day-sailer in the DE but should also be big enough to allow for occasional camping/overnighting, likely after being trailered some distance. Most of my selection criteria remained the same however with two important ones being a strong preference for a boat with an enthusiastic support community and who's manufacturer was still a going concern.
One of the boats on my original shortlist was the WWP19. It meets pretty much all of my criteria with the only negative being the relative scarcity of boats on the East coast. Still, I managed to locate and view one and also looked at a WWP15 for comparison purposes. The boats I looked at were closing in on 25 years old and though in apparent good shape, their age made me uncomfortable. I've located a 15 year old WWP19 fairly close by and will view her early next week though.
As to the ComPac, I had the 23 on my original list of candidates but for a variety of reasons, eventually eliminated it from consideration. More than a couple of folks suggested that the ComPac cat-rigged boats would be worth considering, so I decided to investigate the Sun Cat. On paper, the boat seems pretty well-suited to my needs. The rigging system in particular seems well thought out and exceptionally convenient to use, and the Sun Cat also meets nearly all my other criteria. I haven't yet had a chance to see the boat in person, but have lined up a viewing of one this the weekend. This boat is a 2014, so she's much newer than many of the candidates I've seen.
I understand that there are considerable differences between a gaff-rigged cat boat with a keel/cb arrangement and a fractional sloop with a lifting keel and would be interested in hearing the thoughts of the trailer sailor community on the merits and disadvantages of the two.
I started a thread a while back asking for advice on trailerable cruisers and got some great advice and suggestions. I actually put a deposit down on an R22 but for a variety of reasons, was not able to go through with the sale.
That sent me back to the drawing board and I eventually decided that I'd be better served with a something a bit smaller that would be easier to trailer and perhaps also easier to rig. My planned use also changed somewhat and now think that the boat will see most of her service as a local day-sailer in the DE but should also be big enough to allow for occasional camping/overnighting, likely after being trailered some distance. Most of my selection criteria remained the same however with two important ones being a strong preference for a boat with an enthusiastic support community and who's manufacturer was still a going concern.
One of the boats on my original shortlist was the WWP19. It meets pretty much all of my criteria with the only negative being the relative scarcity of boats on the East coast. Still, I managed to locate and view one and also looked at a WWP15 for comparison purposes. The boats I looked at were closing in on 25 years old and though in apparent good shape, their age made me uncomfortable. I've located a 15 year old WWP19 fairly close by and will view her early next week though.
As to the ComPac, I had the 23 on my original list of candidates but for a variety of reasons, eventually eliminated it from consideration. More than a couple of folks suggested that the ComPac cat-rigged boats would be worth considering, so I decided to investigate the Sun Cat. On paper, the boat seems pretty well-suited to my needs. The rigging system in particular seems well thought out and exceptionally convenient to use, and the Sun Cat also meets nearly all my other criteria. I haven't yet had a chance to see the boat in person, but have lined up a viewing of one this the weekend. This boat is a 2014, so she's much newer than many of the candidates I've seen.
I understand that there are considerable differences between a gaff-rigged cat boat with a keel/cb arrangement and a fractional sloop with a lifting keel and would be interested in hearing the thoughts of the trailer sailor community on the merits and disadvantages of the two.