This might sound like a stupid question, especially from someone who has been trailer sailing for some 25 years.
I’ve never towed the boat with the motor attached. It has always seemed safest to stick the motor in the car and attach it at the launch ramp. This annoyed my wife a bit when we had a gas motor and a hatchback . . . but even then. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sailboat going down the freeway with a motor on it’s transom. I’ve seen people weld a motor mount to the front of their trailer, but never seen it in place.
My brother in law, who has a fleet of fishing boats, asked me why that is. He always trailers with the motors attached, and his motors are much larger and heavier.
Best I could come up with is that they aren’t designed to motor, they are designed to sail. But certainly the designers understand that we are going to mount an outboard to that thing, right?
I’ve never towed the boat with the motor attached. It has always seemed safest to stick the motor in the car and attach it at the launch ramp. This annoyed my wife a bit when we had a gas motor and a hatchback . . . but even then. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sailboat going down the freeway with a motor on it’s transom. I’ve seen people weld a motor mount to the front of their trailer, but never seen it in place.
My brother in law, who has a fleet of fishing boats, asked me why that is. He always trailers with the motors attached, and his motors are much larger and heavier.
Best I could come up with is that they aren’t designed to motor, they are designed to sail. But certainly the designers understand that we are going to mount an outboard to that thing, right?