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We have a LOT in common.....

I lived on a sailboat for 14 years and sailed it around the world twice.

When we decided to take up camping, we needed something that we could store in the garage and had never heard of a TrailManor.

In 2004, we bought a 2002 Coleman Tacoma, 12' PU camper and owned it for 2 years. Being in our early 60's, the PU soon got old with all the cranking, bending, stooping and so on. We started looking at the TMs and we bought our first one in 2006. We bought a '98 2720, not knowing if this is really what we wanted to do. We just knew that we couldn't keep doing the PU route.

A few months ago, we sold our '98 and bought a 2004 2720SL. We love our TM and find it much easier and roomier than the PU. The hard sides vs the canvas sides is a "no-brainer" for a sailor. The canvas sided PUs are like a sailboat that you can't reef when the weather gets bad. In the TM, wind makes little difference.

I would recommend taking a good hard look at all the models before deciding on what you want. We thought that the 2720 was ideal for us but had never seen the SL or SD models. After seeing them, we decided that the SL was for us and we love it. We just got back from 4 days of beach camping (still have to be by the Sea) and we are ready to go again.

Just like in the boating community, other TM owners are eager to help.