[hellosailor]

That's like trying to buy a Pinto and use it as a Jeep.

Just ain't gonna work, and enough people have told you why. The more frightening question should be how you're about to undertake a great and expensive adventure without doing the most basic groundwork to understand what you are getting into.

"Buy a cheap trawler" also does not mean "buy an old wood boat from the 1940's" because that can be a disaster too. Really, do some research, and if you don't do a lot of research, try to understand that the reason people don't do unconventional things (like butcher a sailboat) is because there usually are some damn good reasons for doing things the conventional way. Read up.

 

[hellosailor]

"The Mac is the "spork" of boats."
IIRC that honor belongs to the Revell, and the MacG should at least be called a titanium spork.

But I think JonB gets the prize for this one, as they say "Oy! Such a marriage!" or as the used car salesmen say, "there's an ass for every seat".

Who'd have thought, a perfectly converted boat, ready and waiting for wedded bliss.

Bubblehead, ain't you never pounded in deck screws with a three-pound sledge? Works just fine. (G)

 

[hellosailor]

There are plenty of people who have converted life boats (which can be quite large) and launches, instead of chopping up a sailboat. And of course plenty of trawlers that have masts with a steadying sail. Take a trawler, put on a prop that is optimized for 6 knots instead of 20, and run at 6 knots and you just might close some of the economy gap. And length-for-length, you might find a 28' trawler has as much interior space as a 42' keelboat. Which makes the dockage much cheaper as well.

 

[hellosailor]

"Sawzall will work on rigging too"
If you want to bash stuff up that's a great idea. But sailboat rigging UNBOLTS so all you need to clear it, is a wrench. And the job is done cleanly.
Then you pull the mast, in one piece, and sell it. Again no Sawzall, unless your goal is just to bash stuff up and make a noisy mess.