Trailering

[Peter]

I am contemplating the purchase of a CD 30 and would like to be able to trailer it between the Marina and my home during the off season. Would actually be storing it on the trailer during the winter. Would like to hear from anyone having experience with this and any recomendations they may have including trailer manufactures and size.



polympia@strategical.com

[Boyd]

Peter....

I trailered a Hunter 23 for quite a while... what a pain it is. A CD30 is a whole lot of boat to haul around behind anything except a semi. This is at least a 10,000# boat. My MKII is 12,000#. Add in the trailer and wow.. I presume you would use the marina's travel lift to put her on and off. Most states require a special permit to haul something that wide and heavy over the roads. My Hunter was the max width legal at 8' beam and at 2300# plus trailer made quite a load behind the van. The 30 is wider.

I dont know of anyone who makes a stock trailer this size. You probably will have to get a custom one made.

I would think that for the expense and hassle you would be better off dry storing the boat at the marina.

Boyd
s/v Tern
CD30MkII
Fort Lauderdale, Fla

I am contemplating the purchase of a CD 30 and would like to be able to trailer it between the Marina and my home during the off season. Would actually be storing it on the trailer during the winter. Would like to hear from anyone having experience with this and any recomendations they may have including trailer manufactures and size.

boyd@wbta.cc

[John Phillips]

I am contemplating the purchase of a CD 30 and would like to be able to trailer it between the Marina and my home during the off season. Would actually be storing it on the trailer during the winter. Would like to hear from anyone having experience with this and any recomendations they may have including trailer manufactures and size.

It can be done, not easily, but it can be done. I trailered a Hunter 33.5 from Yankton, SD to Ogallala, NE a few years back. I retrieved it from Lewis & Clark lake on the trailer, had it pulled out with a tractor and launched it with a tractor at Lake McConahey. The trailer was built by a company in Stockton, MO, I think it was called Sailor Trailer or something like that. You do need overwidth permits or a lot of nerve. I don't think you could pull it with anything less than a 3/4 ton pickup with the appropriate engine and rear axle ratio. I was using a one ton dually with a 454V8 and 4:10 rear axle ratio.
John



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[Johnny MacArthur]

I am contemplating the purchase of a CD 30 and would like to be able to trailer it between the Marina and my home during the off season. Would actually be storing it on the trailer during the winter. Would like to hear from anyone having experience with this and any recomendations they may have including trailer manufactures and size.

I have hauled "Stork", my CD-30 nearly 10,000 miles by now. I extensively modified a 24' (on the deck) tandem axle construction gooseneck trailer, rated at 17,000 pounds, to do the job. I haul with a Ford Powerstroke 1-ton dually, and it and the Dodge Cummins are both up to the job. I wouldn't pull it with a single-wheel truck, even if it was rated 1-ton. The truck and trailer would represent quite an investment (worth well more than the boat) just for the convenience and savings of having the boat at home, unless you happen to have at least the truck already. Triad will make a custom trailer for your boat, at a price of around 10k. A gooseneck will run you around 6k (new), and the conversion could be half that much again. This is not to discourage you, if you have the wanderlust and nerve to do this -- boats on trailers go upwind at 55 mph quite nicely. Somewhere I have pictures showing in some detail how I did my modification, if you're interested. Naturally, it includes a quite substantial cradle. The boat is *slightly* over legal width, but it is at a point so high up that it is virtually unnoticeable. I haven't been questioned about it anywhere between Florida and Arizona, and have sailed Stork in both oceans. Some think that this is tough on a boat this size, but I haven't had any problems, and I have the keel *very* well supported.

I do this because I live in the Southwest desert, and have a sailing addiction -- this is just part of the cost of making it work.



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