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[Re: Geoff56]
#34104 06/06/04 07:52 PM 06/06/04 07:52 PM |
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,037 Central California ejpoulsen
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Posts: 1,037 Central California | Contact Bob Richards via the email address or phone number listed on the Sea Spray Central website. http://home.earthlink.net/~soapysails/He carries his on a truck rack but should be able to offer you lots of trailer ideas on making a simple custom one as he is a real Sea Spray enthusiast.
Eric Poulsen A-class USA 203 Ultimate 20 Central California
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[Re: Geoff56]
#34105 06/06/04 11:19 PM 06/06/04 11:19 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 90 Québec, Canada CharlesLeblanc
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Posts: 90 Québec, Canada | Hi Geoff I use to have a Venture Cat 15, probably the same size as the sea-spray but with less fun factor and more ugly factor.
It is much smaller than a regular cat and also narrower.
Many cat trailer have ajustable rollers and can be easily and safely modified to fit a boat like the sea-Spray. Once you have moved the rollers that that the boat is fine, you can cut the excess tubing from the trailler's crossbars
You can also have a stock trailler modifier at a trailler shop (or do it yourself) The main things to add are:
Crossbeam with rollers and vertical guides to hold the hulls.
Front mast holder
Things to check: The tongue must be long enough the hulls need to clear the read of the car when turning sharp (especially when backing up) The frame of the trailler should be 4'x8' instead of 4'x4' Some boat trailler base a 4'x4' base with bars that connect to the tongue fo form an A frame. There bars could hold the front crossbar but the framing needs to be heavier to keep if from flexing too much.
Wheels should be of standard size ands easy to find and replace. Also you need one spare!
Once you have all of that, you can even do some additionnal work on the trailler: Add a sail tube Add a trailer box Add a rear mast holder
The best solution should be to take an existing cat trailler and simply move the rollers to the proper position
Charles Leblanc Nacra 5.2 #28
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