I am a complete rookie to sailing. I just bought a '72 Vega. I assume the boat is trailerable, but stowing the mast looks a bit more complicated. I assume it's all possible, right? Does anybody trailer this boat regularly? And, I would appreciate any advice I can get, thanks....Craig
Trailering the Vega
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Hi Craig - Yes, the Vega is trailerable. I'm actually leaving Florida tomorrow morning (July 4th) to go pick up our "new" Vega in Massachusetts and haul it 1800 miles back. It will be the biggest boat I've ever towed, but I'm pretty confident. We had a brand new trailer built for it (by Sail Trailers, in Columbus, GA) and I traded in my old Tacoma for a 2016 Tundra to get the necessary towing capacity.I'm working on a hinged mast plate which will enable us to step the mast without the (expensive) aid of a crane.I've trailered a Catalina 22 for years, but this will admittedly be a whole new experience. I can probably give you a LOT more details when we get back! LOL
We bought our Vega on the Chesapeake and trailered it from there to Colorado on a Triad Trailer. We towed it with a ¾ ton gas pickup truck. We carried the mast on two pillories (can\'t think of the nautical name) tied down on deck.I\'m tired of starting sentences with "we".Remember, the boat empty weighs nearly 5,100 pounds, the trailer (in our case) weighs 1,600 pounds, and then there is "stuff". Make sure that you can safely tow it all. Alan
I\'ve trailered my Vega from Halifax to Rivière-du-Loup (some 900 km or 500 miles) with a F150 as towing truck. Had no problem at all.Cheers!Jean-François RacineLe 3 juil. 2016 à 09:46, craig hanson a62craig@... [AlbinVega] <AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com> a écrit :
Ha I just got mine as well. 16 days ago! Since then she has been sanded to the glass competely leveled. Installed all new wiring, all LED lighting, she gets paint Tuesday hopefully splash Friday! Man they are beautiful, but after doing all of this I feel like a child waiting for Christmas.
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If you need help, let me know . I bought my first vega from a nice guy named John a year or so ago . It's easily trailerable and not hard to sail at all . It is a heavy boat . Sent from my iPhone
If it doesn't have a tabernacle type device (nothing on the
base where it meets the deck) it will have to be lifted off.
If it has a tabernacle, search youtube for lots of videos.
A mast lifting device I saw at one marina was a telephone pole
with a yard arm extending out. A simple boat trailer winch was
attached to the pole and the cable going up the pole and out the
yard and hanging down. Hook the cable to the mast, disconnect the
standing rigging and lower the mast onto the cabin top.
Gordon
On 7/4/2016 9:20 AM, craig hanson
a62craig@... [AlbinVega] wrote:
base where it meets the deck) it will have to be lifted off.
If it has a tabernacle, search youtube for lots of videos.
A mast lifting device I saw at one marina was a telephone pole
with a yard arm extending out. A simple boat trailer winch was
attached to the pole and the cable going up the pole and out the
yard and hanging down. Hook the cable to the mast, disconnect the
standing rigging and lower the mast onto the cabin top.
Gordon
On 7/4/2016 9:20 AM, craig hanson
a62craig@... [AlbinVega] wrote:
I didn't feel competent to make a robust enough used trailer fit the Vega so I got one at Custom Sailboat Trailers & Yacht Trailers | Triad Trailers . Alan
Wow!!! Good going been thinking about how to go about re wireing do you have any info on that? Cheers
Are you planning on keeping it trailered and stepping the mast every time you want to go sailing ?Sent from my iPhone
Hi Robert, We trailered our Vega back from Mexico a few years ago. All in all I thought the tow could have went better. I think I have to much weight on the hitch. My frame sits on a carriage which supports two axles and can be moved by unbolting six 3/4" nuts. If it isn't to much trouble would you measure the distance from you ball receiver to the front axle and the distance from the front axle to the rear axle? I'm presuming you have a 2 axle trailer. We're hoping to tow her down to San Francisco later this summer. Thanks, Walt S/V Lyric #120From: AlbinVega@yahoogroups.comTo: AlbinVega@yahoogroups.comDate: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 13:26:04 -0500Subject: Re: [AlbinVega] Re: Trailering the Vega
If you need help, let me know . I bought my first vega from a nice guy named John a year or so ago . It's easily trailerable and not hard to sail at all . It is a heavy boat . Sent from my iPhone
If you need help, let me know . I bought my first vega from a nice guy named John a year or so ago . It's easily trailerable and not hard to sail at all . It is a heavy boat . Sent from my iPhone
I'm kind of assuming that this boat hasn't been trailered before. You are also going to have to consider mast head wiring and VHF cable. These need to have a junction where they can be disconnected. Mine go through a deck fitting at the base of the mast and into the head. Junction box for the wires and a connector for the cable is mounted on the bulkhead by the head.From: AlbinVega@yahoogroups.comTo: AlbinVega@yahoogroups.comDate: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 23:03:47 -0700Subject: Re: [AlbinVega] Re: Trailering the Vega
Ha I just got mine as well. 16 days ago! Since then she has been sanded to the glass competely leveled. Installed all new wiring, all LED lighting, she gets paint Tuesday hopefully splash Friday! Man they are beautiful, but after doing all of this I feel like a child waiting for Christmas.
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Ha I just got mine as well. 16 days ago! Since then she has been sanded to the glass competely leveled. Installed all new wiring, all LED lighting, she gets paint Tuesday hopefully splash Friday! Man they are beautiful, but after doing all of this I feel like a child waiting for Christmas.
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