Fishing and sail power

[Neil]

I've posted this on classic boats too.......

I am looking for suggestions for a make and model for a fishing boat that is sail powered. My requirements are as follows:

16-18 ft
trailerable each trip.
easy to launch and retrieve (light)
Good deck space for fishing
to take an outboard
quick and easy to take mast up and down
Safe and stable.
easy to sail.

I started with the Texas 380, which is a little too small, but have come across two contenders, the Drascombe Lugger and the Sou'wester 18.
Any other suggestions? I normally don't go any further out than about 10 miles, though usually fairly quickly with a 60HP Merc on the back of my current cuddy fisher... I expect I'd be doing it slower.....much slower!

 

[wotayottie]

I suspect that you are going to struggle with this one - for years now all small fishing boats I have seen are small mobos. So my guess is that you will have to look for a small dayboat / something at the small end of the sailing yacht range. Drascombe, Oysterman etc. But none of these will offer the ideal layout for a fishing boat.