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Thanks for sharing your thoughts. All your points are valid. I will definitely consider all this when deciding on which boat to buy.

From what I understand, you need brake controller for trailer with electric brakes. It applies brakes proportionally to your vehicle and you can also manually activate trailer brakes to control sway. However with surge brakes there is no controller. Brakes are activated independently of tow...

Thanks for the advice. I know the Mac shortcomings and I don't expect it to be a super sailboat - more like family weekender. I think its advantages overweight its shortcomings for me personally, but I have yet to sail it myself, so my opinion may change. I'll definitely will check it out...

Sounds like a good idea, but I'm not sure you actually can add a brake controller to sure brakes. I don't know anyting anout trailer brake systems, but I think surge brakes are triggered the moment tow vehicle starts actively decelerating. If at all possible without changing the whole raking...

I think factory Mcgregor 26X trailer has surge brakes. They are not triggered by tow vehicle electrically as I understand, but by the deceleration force. Same result I thnk - they actively helpstopping the trailer.

I'm looking at maximum of 3 or 4 trips a year, each up to 6 hours long (mostly on highway) and Ontario is for the most part flat as a table.

Sure, I added our weight and cargo in these rough calculations. Also "dry" boat with trailer weighs ~2700 lbs, plus ~300 for the motor - I took boat weight from the forums as realistic weight of well-equipped boat.

Towing 4000lb sailboat with CX9 - is it realistic and safe or is it hopeless? We are looking for a 7-seat crossover that has good handling and cargo room, decent fuel economy and doesn't cost too much. I checked out everything that is available here in Canada. I like Mazda CX9 the most by far...