trailering

I'm buying a Macgregor 26x and want to do alot of cross country travelling with it. I'd appreciate any advice on any of the following topics: 1.Is the standard stock trailer up to towing thousands of miles? What should I examine to make sure the trailer that comes with the boat is in good...

I've owned my 1990 26S for 8 years now. She normally sits in a slip at my local marina all summer with a trip to the Great Lakes a couple of weeks a year. I'm getting ready to head down to Florida, a 3,000 mile round trip. I've tried a few different ways but have not been able to come up with...

I am making some plans for the future. This will include a Catalina 270 on a trailer I can pull behind my truck. This will be new for me, today I sail a Catalina 22. Any feedback on: Is a 270 difficult to trailer? Is the mast hard to step? Any lessons learned / thing to avoid? Any feedback...

Just bought a1989 Capri. There was a pin in the luff channel at the base of the mast which I thought was welded to the base plate. Turns out it wasn't and it is lost. Can anyone tell me what it was for? I think it may have been a filler/support to reinforce the sides of the mast base when the...

Hello All, I co-own a C&C 25 Redline that came with a trailer. I am looking for insight, instructions, pictures, videos on the best way to step the mast when trailering. Also, the boat has a crack in the lower part of the center that we want to fix: I would appreciate some info on how to remove...