The yard will probably provide the proper insight but I’d prep 10 or so 12” squares of indoor/outdoor carpet and a new can of bungees from Home Depot.
The mast should be supported in three places during trailering as a minimum. This is often the bow pulpit, the stern pulpit, and a post from the mast step or the traveler bar if you sheet to the cabin top. I always use the halyards to lash the mast to the boat at the pulpit and then bungee and carpet padding to protect it from other surfaces going back. Wing Tip has her own trailer and special fixtures to transport the mast and rigging. If the rigging is left just lying about it can crack a portlite in transit, a turnbuckle makes a nice hammer if you hit a rut. The rigging stays attached to the mast and I show up with a bunch of cheap midsized cable ties to coil it up. I also make sure there are no loose ends on those turn buckles (that can unscrew and fall off in route) with another round of midsized cable ties. Our center support is a three section wide A frame, where the center carries a roller to slide the mast fore & aft while the two outside sections form ears to hang the rigging on in transit off the deck. You should plan on lashing it somewhere specific on thick padding that will stay put. http://www.catalina27.org/wingtip/mvc-736x.jpg Boy is that an old photo. We now us a walk thru rear support that provides easy access to the boat from the ground using just the boarding ladder. It just clamps to the stern rail and the ladder traps its foot in place when stowed for travel. This is part of what allows me to rig and un-rig by myself and we can cook and/or sleep on the boat while in route. http://www.catalina27.org/wingtip/photos/mastwalkthru.jpg If she has a folding prop wrap it up and tie it off so the blades don’t bounce. Cheers, Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IC27A] boat move from Seattle to Portland Yes, I'm using a boat yard to haul out the boat and then getting the mast down for travel. But I've never done this before so curious on anything else I need to worry about, ie waste tank, fuel (it has a pretty full tank), engine, gear, etc. Thanks for all the comments/help so far. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T _____ From: "Phil Agur" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 13:30:10 -0700 To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IC27A] boat move from Seattle to Portland Ditto… I did use a diver to reset my trailer pads to a Coronado 25 I was being paid to de-rig and transport 60 miles. The pads are pinned for my C270 so it was nothing to put them back. When I moved a different C270 a few months later the pads were be reset again as it was lowered from a repair shop hoist. We need an oversize permit to move a C270 because of the wider beam but a C27 should be fine. Be sure to measure your height and write it on a piece of tape stuck to the windshield so the driver can see it. There’s not a lot time when a low bridge warning come up and guessing won’t do. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Micheal Bowick Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IC27A] boat move from Seattle to Portland I would suggest hiring a crane to load the boat on the trailer. It's easy enough to float it off, but the trailer will need adjustment to fit the boat and it's much easier to adjust on land with the boat being supported from above. Keep in mind that the boat weight is supposed to be on the keel, then adjust the pads to support the hull. I've transported three C27's on two different trailers. Even the trailer which had just had the same type of boat floated off it days before needed to be adjusted. The only other advice is to male sure your trailer will handle the weight of your boat (keep in mind that it weighs way more than the 6500lbs that it's supposed to when it is full of gear). Watch your height, I think over 12' you need an oversize vehicle permit. At 12' you are definatley at risk when fueling at covered pumps. Good Luck, Mike Bowick Electric On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Lenny Tran <[email protected]> wrote: hi all, i am planning to trailer my boat down from seattle to portland tomorrow (finally!). do you guys/gals have any wisdom on haul-out and trailering that you can impart? i plan to leave it on the trailer for a couple weeks and get some bottom work done (blister repair, bottom paint, hull paint, mast paint, etc) before putting her back in the water. thanks, lenny On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Ralph Ahseln <[email protected]> wrote: I would echo Phil's concerns about the Columbia River Bar. While the bar it's self is, at times, treacherous, and should only be approached well planned and thought out . Even more of a concern should be the voyage from Seattle to Portland in a boat like our C-27. It's a Long trip. In my humble opinion (and with some experience).. One should plan for a trip of at least one week. A good portion of which one will be Slogging into the prevailing seas and or winds. (and a 2 knot current in the Col. River) The Puget Sound most of the time, will be relatively benign, but..... it can turn tough. The Straits of Juan de Fuca at times, can be as nasty a stretch of water as one can imagine. Then, and what I consider to be the most daunting.. One has over 100 miles of The Washington Coast. Desolate. deserted, rocky and most of the time, a LEE shore. There are virtually NO bail out places along the approx 125 miles from Tatoosh Island to the Columbia River bar. After that little trip, you may have to wait until Slack Tide at the bar Then .. It's a "little" 100 mile .. UP CURRENT drive to Portland. (Plan on 2 1/2 days) A trip I do two or three times a year. I know of a few who have done such a trip.. and were Lucky.. I wouldn't do it on a Big Bet.. Not in MY Catalina 27.. Regards, Ralph Ahseln From: Phil Agur <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IC27A] boat move from seattle to Portland “Just plan your timing accross the Columbia River bar” is quite the understatement. I’m not being critical, I just want to make sure our new owner doesn’t get the wrong impression. The Columbia River mouth is home to a USCG heavy weather training school for good reason. I don’t want to misrepresent the danger so I quote a USCG document about the school, “The NMLBS is the only school for rough weather surf rescue operations in the world. The Columbia River bar, known as the "Graveyard of the Pacific," provides an ideal rough weather training environment with its deep river channel, rock jetties, coastal surf zones, and waves that can often exceed 20 feet.” The timing of the crossing and local knowledge is critical for survival, even the USCG has lost a rescue vessel here. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 _,_._,___
