It may be old but it will be mine. I have an 800 mile trip and that's just one way to pick up my boat. We are having new tires and wheel bearings checked before we start on the road. Can you think of what else may need to be done? This is a 95/96 Mac 26X I will be the third owner. I do thank all of you for your need to protect the public from unprepared unsafe new boat owners. I assure you we will do our best to learn the (ROPES). Just a little SAIL BOAT JOKE. My biggest fear is the over confident drunk SOB that has been sailing for years. Thanks again! Mike Johns
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A high miles trailersailor
For a long tow,look at all parts on boat and tie
Tie down all the stuff inside and out,plus pad the parts (boat to trailer,mast ,boom,lines ,ect.)so road bumps don't wair bad spots in things,and stuff will try to move around more then you think. Be sure to have load bal. hitch should have around 300 or 400lb. on ball,so you get no sway! Check wheels and bearing for hot, first few miles,then again in 50miles and each gas stop! if it's hot,there is something going wrong,many times it's only a bearing need adjusting or tire PSI needs adjusting.
Tie down all the stuff inside and out,plus pad the parts (boat to trailer,mast ,boom,lines ,ect.)so road bumps don't wair bad spots in things,and stuff will try to move around more then you think. Be sure to have load bal. hitch should have around 300 or 400lb. on ball,so you get no sway! Check wheels and bearing for hot, first few miles,then again in 50miles and each gas stop! if it's hot,there is something going wrong,many times it's only a bearing need adjusting or tire PSI needs adjusting.
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MrBill
tounge weight
I would have a spare wheel and tire, and some way to add weight if needed to the tounge, if starts to sway. a swaying trailer, (where not enough weight is on the tounge is very dangerous) (jack-knife) I took a long heavy chain, (wt~ 60#), and wrapped it around the trailer tounge when I picked up my boat. checking the bearings is next.. just put you hand on the tire side wall, and bearing, if its HOT, you will have trouble soon... I also toss tires over 8 yrs old. they dry rot, and blow out without warning. securing the load, is just basic common sense. if not driving straight thru, you may want to lock up the boat at night, so a padlock may be needed. best of luck.
I would have a spare wheel and tire, and some way to add weight if needed to the tounge, if starts to sway. a swaying trailer, (where not enough weight is on the tounge is very dangerous) (jack-knife) I took a long heavy chain, (wt~ 60#), and wrapped it around the trailer tounge when I picked up my boat. checking the bearings is next.. just put you hand on the tire side wall, and bearing, if its HOT, you will have trouble soon... I also toss tires over 8 yrs old. they dry rot, and blow out without warning. securing the load, is just basic common sense. if not driving straight thru, you may want to lock up the boat at night, so a padlock may be needed. best of luck.
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Chris
Dont be so sure
I think I'd choose the drunk.It's still a safer bet.If he falls over the transom at least he knew what he fell over.
I think I'd choose the drunk.It's still a safer bet.If he falls over the transom at least he knew what he fell over.
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JonBill
Ropes?
Mike, By the way, there aren't any 'ropes' on a sailboat. Unless you have a bucket on board and make a line fast to the bucket. Then you can call the line a 'bucket rope'. The vocabulary only gets more complicated from here. It will drive you to drink! And in a few years you'll be an old drunken sailor like the rest of us.
Mike, By the way, there aren't any 'ropes' on a sailboat. Unless you have a bucket on board and make a line fast to the bucket. Then you can call the line a 'bucket rope'. The vocabulary only gets more complicated from here. It will drive you to drink! And in a few years you'll be an old drunken sailor like the rest of us.
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John Dawson
13 ropes and counting
So far we have found 13 ropes on board, the latest addition being a 'breast-rope', the safety rope tied around the man leaning outboard while he heaves the leadline.
So far we have found 13 ropes on board, the latest addition being a 'breast-rope', the safety rope tied around the man leaning outboard while he heaves the leadline.
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JonBill
Call any line on your boat a rope if you want.
ROPE: In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store. When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use, it becomes a line. But you can call anything on your boat that you want a rope. Pick up any old (35-40 years ago or more) sailing book of nautical terms and you will find only one rope on a sailboat. The 'bucket rope'. But you can put any gizmo you want on your boat or on your body and attach a line to it or imbed a line in the luff of your main if you want on your boat and call it a rope if you want. But there aren't any ropes on my boat, because I don't usually have a bucket on board. Kind Regards, Jon
ROPE: In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store. When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use, it becomes a line. But you can call anything on your boat that you want a rope. Pick up any old (35-40 years ago or more) sailing book of nautical terms and you will find only one rope on a sailboat. The 'bucket rope'. But you can put any gizmo you want on your boat or on your body and attach a line to it or imbed a line in the luff of your main if you want on your boat and call it a rope if you want. But there aren't any ropes on my boat, because I don't usually have a bucket on board. Kind Regards, Jon
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Bungee cords
95-26X also. For that length of travel, I would make sure all of the cables are bungee cord attached to the mast and not resting on the boat as they will turn the top black. I purchased my 95-26X last June and have nothing but great times aboard. Rob H.
95-26X also. For that length of travel, I would make sure all of the cables are bungee cord attached to the mast and not resting on the boat as they will turn the top black. I purchased my 95-26X last June and have nothing but great times aboard. Rob H.
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