Tom, its 36 on deck and 42 overall, about as big as I can trailer, my 5 years sailing trip in the mid 90's was on a 78ft sailboat I built, had her for 10 years and sadly lost her in a hurricane... its kind of a contradiction, power boat / sailboat... love both and each has a place and purpose in my life... im lucky rarely does the sea get the best of me, a few time delivering a sailboat up the california coast when the engine dies and I spend a while upside down in a dirty bilge in heavy seas... but so far, after 3 hurricanes at sea and 5 atlantic crossings I still cant wait to get out there again... did the intercoastal many years ago on my way north from panama.. made landfall in florida and took it up thru the carolinas... loved the scenery, great memories... I'll contact plasteak and see if I can get 12 footers or if there is a local distributor. keep up the great work, how much did your engines set you back....? eric ----- Original Message ----- From: tomdepot<mailto:[email protected]> To: UnifliteWorld<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 8:23 PM Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Building a trailer.
Eric I am truly in awe of your skills. I have copied so many of your ideas, but of course I don't quite have your talent. How big is the sailboat, it looks to be about 30'. You are going to spend two years on it? When you had previously mentioned your trip I thought you were talking about another "big" sailboat approaching 70 feet or so. I have found that I love boats but I don't love big seas. There is plenty of intercoastal waterway, rivers, and protected waters around Florida that I can have a lifetime of cruising and exploring without being too much at risk. I do hope to go to the Dry Tortugas again though. The plasteak is here: http://www.plasteak.com/osc/<http://www.plasteak.com/osc/> It's been several years, but I called them, told them what I wanted to do, and they sold me the stuff. It comes in 12' lengths, which they cut into 8 and 4 foot pieces for shipping, since the longest I needed was 8' anyways. I think I paid almost 750 for the plasteak itself, but it was worth it. the swim platform has been one of the best improvements I have made to the boat, its like adding a screen porch to your home :) I plan to peruse your pics more thoroughly when I have some time to see what other ideas I can use. I have my own little experiment going with a dissected dorm fridge for a marine fridge. If it works well I will post info about it. Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
