A lot depends on how deep the keel is but in virtually all cases the boat will have to be supported higher off the trailer bed. If you can find an old set of Brownell pipe stands and are handy with welding, you might be able to adapt them to an existing trailer. Make sure you have adequate bracing, load carrying capacity and brakes.
==================== On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Liveaboard mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Liveaboard digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Trailer for a keel boat (Densler, Vernon R (AS)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 13:30:50 +0000 > From: "Densler, Vernon R (AS)" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Liveaboard] Trailer for a keel boat > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I have someone giving me what is supposed to be a 1968 Cape Dory 23. I can't > find any mention of that boat on the internet so I am not sure if the make is > right or not. Anyway, it needs some work, but I thought it might make a cool > family project and might be a way to let my older kids get out on the water. > > Since I am having to deal with the damage to my other boat I don't have a ton > of money to spend on a trailer and keel boat trailers are hard to find. Any > suggestions on modifying a powerboat trailer to hold this boat. > > Vernon Densler > Logistics Engineer > Northrop Grumman AS > (321)-951-5426 > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/attachments/20120521/85e420bb/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > > End of Liveaboard Digest, Vol 55, Issue 21 > ****************************************** _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
