type of boat

[justdreaming]

hi all sorry if im in wrong spot or doing this wrong this is first post i have been looking to take up sailing and the only way i can do it now is to trailer sail so im looking at Oday 240 or 26 and the catalina and hunter 27s shoal draft and would like to know if these wold be good boats to learn on and one more big question as my experence and skill grow would they on a good 3day weather window be able to sail to the bahamas or can i only do bays and lakes in theam thank in advance Steve

[mitiempo]

Man that's one long sentence!
The boats you mention should be able to the Bahamas with a good weather window in my opinion. Assuming good condition of course.

[justdreaming]

lol thanks for your replay yea i never have been much for gramer or spelling

[eMKay]

Those are very large boats for trailer sailing, I have a Hunter 27 and there is no way it can be set up at a ramp and launched from a trailer. The O'day 240 maybe. Probably the largest boat that is easily launched would be an O'day 23, or a little newer, Catalina 250, Precision 23. Maybe a Cherubini Hunter 25 (1970's) would be ok too, it's a large, stable, safe boat that can be trailered but still, it's a BIG 25' boat, not a small 25' boat like say a MacGregor 25 (that would be a good choice too)

What I did was start out on a smaller trailerable and moved up.

[justdreaming]

thanks for the replay emkay yes they are big but im a big man and i like room to move around so does the wife so it has to be a larger boat what im hopping to do is just trailer it to the lake and leave it for most of the season and only move it 1 during the season to take it on long vacation then store it at home for winter only problem i see is stepping the mast on these bigger boats and i hope the 6 times id do it a year wont be to bad

[BONESDILLIGAF]

Originally Posted by justdreaming

thanks for the replay emkay yes they are big but im a big man and i like room to move around so does the wife so it has to be a larger boat what im hopping to do is just trailer it to the lake and leave it for most of the season and only move it 1 during the season to take it on long vacation then store it at home for winter only problem i see is stepping the mast on these bigger boats and i hope the 6 times id do it a year wont be to bad

that's a bit different,
if you are not going to trailer the boat often, a bit of a hassle is acceptable in my opinion. You may want to try it first to find out if you can handle it. What I mean is this....
go down to the marina at the lake you are planning to use the boat, and offer to help launch a few boats. Or maybe even pull a few out (though there is less of that at the beginning of the season). I think you will find it very beneficial, and I am sure you can earn a few pints of beer at least for your efforts.

I think more people should try and get hands on before they purchase any new boat, when I was starting to look, I spent two weekends at the local marina hanging about, asking questions, and launching boats of various sizes and design. It was a great experience and helped me to decide on the style of boat i wanted. My particular boat, the previous owner would set up. launch, pull out and break down solo. I am not prepared to do that yet, but it is nice to know it is possible. Of course I had a brain fart the day I launched my boat for the first time, and motored it to my dock without stepping up the mast!! duh...

anyway, those who want to trailer a boat should really know what is involved to do it, I originally thought I would trailer as well, but instead I keep her in the water as long as possible, and have no desire to even break her down next year. I am going to probably pay for winter storage at the marina so she can stay set up.

[justdreaming]

cool thanks good idea ill try that again thanks

[bljones]

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[justdreaming]

haha ha lol rofl you must not have seen my early post were i said spelling and gramer were never high on my list. had better things to do like chase the ladys and drink, and my list has not changed! but just for you i through in some of your punctuation marks im sure some are wrong but i dont care lol. thank you.

[bljones]

Good on ya, justdreaming- I'm glad you have a sense of humour.