becalmed & bewildered

Oh bother! I now have a boat whose recent sale I want to quash. I need to put this to the agent, a nice enough fellow who has $3000, his business reputation & mateship with the owner to resist this action on my behalf. I suspect if I put up a keen fight I will win. Then there is the not small task of returning the boat on its nearly unroadworthy trailer 1500k back to where I towed it from last week. 
But beyond all that drama I am left alone again, with no potential offshore sailing boat. Back to square one on the online marine marketplaces where bargains are few & baldface lying is in spate. 
My softness for Oughtred designs has hardened, as has my keeness for little Farrs with their massive companionways & popup decks. I should never again be tempted to purchase or deposit sight unseen. I may even insist on a test sail, like I had with my first sailboat purchase 44 years ago. 
Perusing the for sales columns I see a West Wright Potter 19 for sale, in very good condition, apparently frequently sailed with a strong equipment list. She sits in FNQ on her little trailer, some 2024k away! The distance is less from there to the capital of Papua New Guinea. She is allegedly "easily towed by small car", & the lure to sail Hinchinbrook Island or the Whitsundays further to the south, is high. 

OR how about a Windrider17 trailable tri designed by Bob (?) Brown ? Amas telescope back for quick trailering, twin furling headsails & capable of rapid expedition/camp sailing. This one for sale with lots of extras: no motor, Dunbier trailer, groundtackle in Goolwa SA for $8500. 
 

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