GL: What's the Difference?

[Glenn Dean]

With us also, when we retire, and start the loop , its going to be on a very
tight budget.
 A boat we are seriously considering as our looping retirement home, is a 26'
Macgregor. Its a
trailerable , shallow draft , sailboat, that can take up to a 50hp outboard
motor.
The Macgregor will plane out and run 22 mph or can be sailed. So you have a
motor for when you need it and for battery charging, but you can also take
advantage of free energy when sailing conditions are right.
 With just a 50hp outboard motor, miles per gallon ought to be outstanding.

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As some of you may recall, I have contemplated long and hard about this for
several years.  Well, crunch time has arrived.  So, I thought I'd  query my
trusted friends and experts on this list.
Before the question first some facts.  I am a single cruiser.  I  live in New
Jersey (please save your comments on that for another time).  I  plan on most
of my cruising being the canals of New York and Canada and the  entire length
(to Tampa) of the ICW.  Because of divorce(s), a non-planned  early
retirement, two college education bills, etc., money is not all that
plentiful.  I
figure I will have about $50,000 for a boat and set-up and  about $30,000/year
living expenses.  I queried Yachtworld.com for all power  and sail with single
engine diesels in a price range up to $45,000 and newer  than 1980 in the
range
of 30' - 35'.  Hundreds of boats were returned based  on my query.  However,
the breakout was roughly 90% sailboats, 5%  commercial boats and 5% "trawler
types", needing TLC and cosmetic repairs.

So, here's the question (and, yes, I have asked this before), when doing
cruising such as I anticipate, what is the difference between a "trawler-type"
boat and a shallow (shoal, less than 4') draft sailboat with all the standing
rigging removed?

My first inclination is to say the sailboat makes perfect sense.  But,  what
do I know?  So, I pose this question to this illustrious group of  experts
.... what's the difference?

Greg
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