Decided in June after hauling the heavy boat countless times uphill through soft sand it was not a situation that could continue. We were carrying minimum equipment and couldn't lighten up so we sold up and got a trailered boat.
Only downside is home storage and the need to either take both cars or make two journeys to our holiday destination. Its all about compromise but it was worth it going from a soft hull to a rigid hull because the sea going capability is magnitudes better. Also it's great having extras like sonar and chart plotter!
I worked out how to stand on the trailer to launch and retrieve while Gaynor and dogs are already onboard to avoid getting wet feet. No need to get the car wheels wet either.
Went up the river Tamar a couple of days ago on falling water and cut it too fine on the return, shouldn't have ordered the food we did at Calstock as they were too slow to serve. Only 3.9ft deep in one place!