Originally Posted by Mac m
Te guy I bought the boat from told me to loosen the diamond wire tension for trailering long distances as well. Necessary?


No.


I strip everything off the mast basically. I leave the diamonds on if I can, (I start running out of room with more than three masts on my trailer and sometimes the diamonds have to come off), and the main halyard.

I strip most everything off the boat too. Basically everything that can come off easily I remove. Shrouds, bridle/forestay come off, all the sheets. I leave basically all of the jib hardware/lines on, using the lines to tie up the jib track. I also use a bungee that goes through the spinnaker blocks to keep them from flopping around too much.


I'm boatless.