Trailer or leave her in for the season ?

Post by **admin** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:40 pm

"'alan.saunders@dsl.pipex.com'" <alan.saunders@dsl.pipex.com>
Subject: Am I about to buy a Dockrell 22??
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:17:49 +0100

I am shortly going to upgrade from a 17' Express Pirate that we don't all fit into, to a 22' foot trailer sailer. I'm considering various makes including a Dockrell 22. Do you use yours as a trailer sailer, or leave her in for the season? How easy is the mast to put up and take down? What should I look out for? What is good, what is bad?

Do you have a contact of someone near to Littlehampton, West Sussex?

Thanks for your help,

Alan
01903 773036

Post by **admin** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:40 pm

I have owned a Dockrell 22 for nearly 20 years, mine is very stable I went for the Dockrell, as I wanted lifting keel. You can get the brochure and test reports from http://www.dockrell.co.uk/ (the owner?s web site). I tow mine home for the winter and keep afloat in the summer, in theory they can be trailer sailed it is too much effort for just a couple of days. I only spend 10 days at a time maximum cruising the relatively sheltered waters of Chichester & the Solent. I cannot answer much about the Snapdragon, I looked at a few before buying the Dockrell and they were all bilge keelers.

Posted on behalf of GART 14/07/2003