Coastal Cruising for Trailer Sailors: The New England Coast

Coastal Cruising for Trailer Sailors tells what life on a very small boat sailing the Bays and close Onshore areas in New England is like. Not a sailor? Just starting? Buy a small sailboat. Learn the hard way! But if sailing alone, what are the problems of the sailor? You may learn something about small boat sailing. These log entries cover a five-year period on three different swing keel, trailer-able sloop-rigged sailboats. All named Aegir. A Venture 17 with a pretty light blue hull. I sailed to the Canadian border in that boat. It sailed well going downwind but close to the wind? No. It had the lines of a bathtub, but I loved that boat and it saved a new sailor many times. The Venture 21 was a little longer and faster, I was closer to the water. The MacGregor 25 sloop I bought new, it had a pop-top, was a little faster and I sailed in more comfort. My kids sailed a lot with me from Boston to Cape Cod and the Islands and down to Maine.