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What is the best and most inexpensive used shallow water cruising sailboat?
I'm looking for a multi-day sailer that I can dock in less than 4 feet of water. I like the Shannon Shoalwater, but the price is way to high and the owners must be so happy with them you seldom find one on the market and when you do, the price is near original retail. Shallow sail boats also give more options on where you can go safely.
Most sailboats are deep draft due to their keel depth.
The keel helps keep the sailboat from flipping over in the wind.
The most common alternative to deep keels
are a shallower hull in combination with a moveable centerboard.
Trimarans (main center hull with outriggers) and catamarans (two hulls)
use a much wider beam (width) to maintain stability
instead of using a deeper keel depth.
They do have a greater risk with hitting waves the wrong way
and flipping lengthwise.
To reduce that risk,
Many owners use a mesh web for the "deck" on the front half of their boat
instead of a solid surface which could catch waves the wrong way.
Overall though, they tend to stay afloat even after an accident.
There are often cited quotes about
trimarans & catamarans floating upside down,
and monohulls resting on the bottom (under the water).
With their shallower hulls & drafts,
trimarans and catamarans tend to be fastest sailboats.
Depending on where you are willing to travel
and sail a boat back from,
I have seen used trimarans and catamarans very inexpensively priced on-line.
They tend to have the shallowest drafts of all boats (excluding powered landing craft).
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