trailer boating, again

[tcm]

Re: scottish luxury

Hm. One should always be wary of "5star" types. 5-star is a leaded petrol rating. The Holy Michelin has a maximum of three stars. The Altnaharie Inn has rooms for max £420 quid a night (glub!) in high season for two with two star nosh, the very best in scotland. i understand that the loos have real toilet paper too, not the traditional and much-discussed wild heather bumwipes.

 

[BrendanS]

Re: scottish luxury

Ya know what I mean! swmbo doesn't like onboard life, likes creature comforts. Would rather have nice meals than stars. Isn't there a rather nice restaurant in Ullapool area that you can only get to by boat? Don't know if it has michelin rating, but rated highly none the less

What do you reckon to michelin? not convinced it's a good rating system. Been to many michelin starred that are no where near as good as some restaurants that are highly regarded locally

 

[lanason]

So who tows the biggest boat - I guess the Rib at 25' is the longest and Barry's 21' Trimlett is a fair old lump, Kelisha must be up there near the top (23 foot Fairline holiday) ...... so who else ....... ??????????????

Adrian
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[BarryH]

Duncan's got a trailer for the 25' featon that his got. Fairly wide in the beam as well. Don't know if it gets towed much tho.

 

[tcm]

Re: Michelin

Ooh, which one was that then? I am a bit of a slave to michelin, tho mainly in France where it is usually, not so much here.

 

[AJW]

Oh dear completely lapsing into double entendre land here but whilst I may have one of the longest I imagine your Fairline is the biggest overall!

There is a chap called Charles Blois, well known gentleman ribster who tows a 35ft twin diesel RIB on an airbraked trailer behind his Mercedes Unimog camper truck. At 40mph only. And he's gone to SoF as well as Scotland. Launches and recovers singlehanded through use of PTO winch and various ingenious pulley systems! Mike Deacon trucked Hot Lemon III upto Scotland and out to Gibralter this year but since that was on a flat bed lorry that doesn't count!

Cheers, AJ

 

[Col]

Oh Me me! me! me!, please sir, me! me! Got a 27footer on a trailer, does that count?

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[Chris_d]

no I win!

..if I leave my anchor on and tilt the outdrive I can measure 28ft....

 

[lanason]

As my SWMBO keeps telling me "getting it up (on)" is one thing but going any "Distance" is quite another /forums/images/icons/blush.gif

Adrian
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[BrendanS]

Re: Michelin

Le Pirate near Cern springs to mind. 1 star I think. The customers we were with were raving about it, so we took them there, but wasn't really very good.

 

[sjnewport]

Spent this years summer holiday on S W coast of Scotland.We have a trailable boat ,a Sealine 218 and our friends have a Falcon 23.Second season of trail boating but 16th season of boating altogether.This is smallest boat we have ever had,wouldn't have bigger boat again now for all the money offered.Great flexibility and going to some great places.Scottish holiday with great secenery ,reasonable weather.Launched at Kip travelled over to Bute,Largs,Great Cumbrae,East Loch Tarbert and Crinan canal.Latter a disaster but gave us bolthole from storm for a few days. Very friendly people and raggies and motorboaters seemed to like one another!!!
All marina staff really helpful,£5 each way to launch at Kip and nothing for car and trailer in car park for 2 weeks!!! Stayed there a few nights at about £10 per night including electric and used facilities.
Filled with petrol at garage in Greenock whilst boat still on trailer!!!re filled at Largs and then jerry can a bit to get us back at the end of the fortnight.!!! Only found petrol in Largs marina.
Entered cruise in waypoint competition so if deemed good enough you may be able to read full story in MBM in the future!!!
We need more articles and info in MBM on trail boating.
Off to Shannon for 2003 holidays with 2 more friends who we have converted to trailboating !!!
Cindy

 

[BrendanS]

I'm really going to have to look at this seriously. Sounds fantastic, but going to do some careful planning. Once the boat comes of the trailer, it'll stay in the water for the duration. Getting petrol out round the islands sounds like it could get challenging

 

[hlb]

It need not be to difficult Brendan. If you were to base yourself round Larges. Theres loads of places to go in a very short distance. Dont know how much fuel you carry. But we only used taxi once and we only had a 20 gallon tank.

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[BarryH]

Don't know if you've seen this site <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.boatlaunch.co.uk>http://www.boatlaunch.co.uk</A> Its got loads of info and you can also see the site if they've got a piccy. Just a thought

 

[BrendanS]

It's 170 litre tank (cripes, just realised I don't think in gallons any more!) Use 1 to 2 litres per mile, depending on how heavy handed I'm being.

This could actually be doable. Getting married in May, and going on honeymoon for a few weeks then, so week or two in Scotland mid summer would sound reasonable to penny pinching accountant wife to be, who wouldn't normally go for boating holiday in UK /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Could even get her used to boating life, so that when I spring round the world raggie trip to her......

 

[BrendanS]

Yes, looked before, superb site, and a great idea.

Had a look when I first started boating, and had lots of plans to trail everywhere, before I realised that with the hours I work, having the boat available to use, rather than spend time trailing was the only way I'd ever use it <s>

 

[duncan]

Re:mysterious trailer....

have I ?
Seriously I have hung on to my Landcruiser in the expectation of wanting to stick Phaeton on a trailer and haul ass to one of the locations outlined above in all their glory....
My previous 21fter managed Spain, Loch Lomond, Plymouth,Medway, Poole and North Brittany over 4 years and, as a twist to the posts overall, was based in a Marina berth all year round but hauled out for holidays and towed off into the sun(set) - best of both worlds I believe, or believed, until we based more permenantly in Poole. I find it hard to be bothered to trail off in seach of what I already have!
If only it were about 4 degrees warmer in the spring through autumn (I like the crisp winter days though).
I am under pressure to give the kids and family a proper holiday next year and, reading various articles on the gulf of Morbihan in South Brittany, wonder if this might deliver the right compromise and .......result in me buying a trailer!
ps I do not have anywhere at home to keep said boat on trailer - a factor that is critical to many who do.

 

[BrendanS]

Re:mysterious trailer....

The old where to keep it chestnut, though easily solved. Loads of farmers have space, and like the idea of hassle free pocket money.

Keep my trailer in a farm near the boat in Lymington, unused but handy. Field is full of boat trailers, some with some without boats on, horse boxes, caravans. Nice little earner for otherwise unused field!

 

[BarryH]

Re:mysterious trailer....

Farmers are great arn't they. I keep mine on a farm that is 2 mins from the house. It sits in a nice warm cow shed/barn and costs less tha 300 quid a year. Neigbours would have something to say if it was kept outside the house.

 

[Joe_Cole]

Re: No you don\'t Chris!

With my mast down, at 30 odd feet, mine's the longest.

One of the joys of being a Raggie!

Joe