If I'm not mistaken, the Tartan has a keel-stepped mast.
Good info Jim, thanks! Didn't realize that. I agree - I think that takes it off my list.
Another comment: I personally don't consider my 27 trailerable except by professionals with proper equipment. I've had my boat moved twice now and I would not want to see her on LESS of a tractor and trailer than the company I hired used - and it was not an F350 and a retail grade trailer at its load limit.
But another way to think about the trailer problem ... maybe seasonally, or occasionally: you pay for the expense of transporting your boat to new and interesting environs. Moving boats professionally is not all THAT expensive. Besides - how much does an F350 cost ? $40,000 ?
So for instance - if I could only find a 2-3 week window to cruise in Maine one summer, it would not seem out of the question to me to have my boat trucked from Narragansett, RI to Portland, ME and back . Otherwise, for me, "cruising Maine" would mostly be "getting there, and getting back". The last time I asked Brownell Systems this was about a $1700 proposition. So I am wondering if your "trailerable" requirement could be met in that way: a summer
Thanks Fred! I like that way of thinking. It does seem like choosing a boat then finding a way to transport it might
not be the correct order to do things in. Might make more sense to look for a truck and call some hauling companies, then do the math, then choose a boat I can haul.
I have noticed that trucks have made great strides in recent years around towing capacities with turbochargers, suspension mods, etc..., and that Triad has a great CD 27 trailer for $11k or so depending on options. Still... those things are sure spendy. $3k for a twice a year commercial transport could be appealing if I didn't have to own a big truck and trailer.
One option I've thought about (once I have more free time and start making more friends) is to talk with people who own bigger trucks but don't really need them - or at least don't need them in the Winter - and offer to trade my 4WD vehicle with theirs for a month at a time while chipping in $1000. Folks in landscaping might bite.
The Bristol 27 looks intriguing, and could work, depending on which iteration I found (seems like there were a lot of different keel depth options). So could the Triton. All depends on my hauling method, I think. I'm mildly uncomfortable exceeding 8.5' boat width and would be very uncomfortable exceeding 9', on a trailer.
The CD25D or 26D is looking more and more appealing.