Hi,

Some feedback from members on the trailerable design I had uploaded got me to thinking
about how much I actually wanted to trailer the boat myself, and how much I just wanted
the ability to get it from one side of the country to another without having to go through
the Panama Canal. I realized that my priority was to be able to get it into a slip, have a
travel lift haul it out for repairs/winter storage and potentially to have it shipped to the
Great Lakes or overseas. All of these work fine with a 12' collapsed beam, so I took
another look at my layout and eliminated the collapse to 8'6" and uploaded the result to
the files area under "barely trailerable" and "barely trailerable front".

This simplified alot. The beams do not have to be removable. The rudders can be
permanently mounted on that larger beam. The hardtop does not have to collapse, or fold
back on itself. I can slightly lengthen the ww hull and I can use wheel steering. The lw hull
does not need removable bows.

In addition to the great simplifications, I can now sleep twice the number of people (6
instead of 3) and seat 8 in a single level cockpit.

I still have some concerns. If anyone has opinions on them, I would love to hear them.

1) This is a Visionarry size boat (32' ww hull, 50' lw hull) with only a 20' beam. How will
that effect the sailing. My primary sailing conditions are 5-10 kts. I rarely sail in winds
above 15 and almost never above 20.

2) Where do I store the tender when the boat is collapsed in a slip?

3) How do I get aboard the boat from the water?

4) My 2nd double is difficult to access. I have planned an opening hatch in the cabin roof,
but that is awkward and potentially a source of leaks.

As always, feedback is appreciated.

- Gardner
York, PA