Chuck...you may want to secure your trailer down too (after you secure the boat to the trailer) if you don't already. I lost the mast on my SC 17 when I left my mast up, boat strapped down to the trailer. When I checked the boat after a storm came thru it was upside down with galvanized steel trailer still strapped to it. Mast was broken in half, and bend in a second place. The Supercat was near bomb proof so the boat itself survived...I think a Taipan would have been crushed in similar circumstances...this is not a slam on the Taipan by any stretch of the imagination...just that the Taipan is a lot built a lot lighter, better on the water, but not really built for supporting a trailer on it's back...LOL