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Your budget is very reasonable. I paid $24k for a 2 year old M with roller furling on both sails, stern rail seats, VHF, and a Garmin GPS; 60 Etec. Bone stock otherwise. Well cared for and in excellent shape.

Searched around 6 months before I found one with the right stuff that was close enough to go look at.

Be patient and keep looking. You'll find one in that budget.

my dream trailer sailer is 33' by 10'.
more traditional styling, pilothouse!
with our unique hull we are working on, better planing performance, better sailing performance.
set up with twin outboards for redundancy, and an unstayed cat schooner rig.
with asymmetrical bilge/ lee boards

Wayne nicol wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:18 pm. . . and an unstayed cat schooner rig.

How does one step and unstep an unstayed cat rig on such a big trailer boat, unless it's done conventionally with a crane or derrick?

Tomfoolery wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:35 am

Wayne nicol wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:18 pm. . . and an unstayed cat schooner rig.

How does one step and unstep an unstayed cat rig on such a big trailer boat, unless it's done conventionally with a crane or derrick?

i think it has its challenges, one may still need to use a MRS and tabernacles.
but with carbon masts being a lot lighter, and with either a sliding gunter rig or a high aspect lug rig, the mast cant be significantly shorter, and hence less cumbersome.
whichever way, i think it will still be a lot less hassle and quicker than the whole stayed rig scenario.

i am currently doing the conversion on my .cat schooner with modern, high aspect standing lugs!
i dont know if there is a quicker rig to set up , and to use than a lug of some sort.
but obviously the masts are a lot lighter than on a 33' boat