Trailer for H-27

[Howard]

Every year about this time I wonder if it would be worth it to get a trailer or cradel for my 1978 H-27. I have room on my property.I only live about 2 miles from the mooring field and guess that I could pay a local yard to step the mast and hoist the hull. My thought is that it's a lot easier to schedule work time on the boat with it at home than running down to the yard. Saving the storage yard costs of about $1,300. (This is New York you know and we pay a lot for the local) is tops on my list. Do you have hany suggestions on trailors, or any other tips that would help. ?Thanks

 

[Don Bodemann]

I made an H-27 trailer

Howard, I purchased a load right trailer and reconfigured it to haul our 1980 H-27 (deep keel). It worked well and the current owner, Joe Gooch used it to tow the boat to Kentucky from New Jersey. I have before and after pictures and some pictures can be seen at Carls Hunter albumhttp://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=204587&a=1888331If you'ed like me to send (e-mail) them over let me know.sailbode@gis.net

 

[Neil Smith]

trailering

I trucked my H-27 from New Jersey to Florida, but used a professional boat mover. Great results and no problems. If you are considering building a trailer, I think Don Bodeman has some ideas, but whatever you do, even if you are only 2 miles away from your marina, make sure you've got the towing capacity with the vehicle. Also, the DOT has some pretty persnickety rules about oversized loads, so if you're going more than a hop, skip and a jump, check into that. I can appreciate the idea of having your vessel in your back yard over the winter, egad what improvements you could do, not to mention the marina fees. When I lived in Vermont, the boat got pulled and put away in the marina, I wrote a check for a grand, and then I went to sleep for six months!