Yacht Trailers

[yoda]

As an alternative to using a boat yard to lay up I am considering the possibility of taking the boat home fro the winter. Living close to the mooring it isn't far but I still need the means to move the boat. Getting hold of a towing vehicle is not a problem but a trailer is another matter. Does anybody have a trailer suitable for a 30 ft fin keel boat (narrow in the beam) that they may be willing to rent out over the winter. My biggest problem is not being able to take it off any form of trailer or flat bed at home because of access for cranes. All ideas welcome.

Yoda

 

[paulrossall]

I have a similar requirement. I have a macwester 30 with bilge keels and I can get access for crane but minimum rental is full day at £200 plus vat. I am wanting to buy or rent a trailer which I can leave in my back paddock so I can work on the boat when I have a free moment. If you buy a trailor it has to have an "MOT" type test each year and then costs mount up so might end up being as cheap to hire crane. Are you sure you have an access problem for the crane? It is surprising where they can get to. Dont worry about telephone wires. Pull them down and get BT out to replace and dont admit you pulled it down.

 

[dickh]

Re: MOT for Trailers?...

Do trailers need an "MOT"? First I've heard of it! I knew its been mooted as the continentals have to but not yet in UK... Do tell us more.

dickh
I'd rather be sailing...

 

[paulrossall]

Re: MOT for Trailers?...

My boat weighs 8 tonne so it would have to go on a trailor pulled by a lorry or tractor. Limit for 4 wheel drive cars is 3.5 tonne including weight of trailor. Sorry if I gave you a fright!

 

[yoda]

I have a problem with electric cables not telephone wires and yes I would have a problem with crane access. I know what they can do but they couldn't and wouldn't get round this one.

 

[Guest]

Re: MOT for Trailers?...

MOT for trailers is only applicable for Commercial HGV's

In Baltic we have separate registration numbers etc. for trailer and car, but in UK this is not the case.

It is true though that any accident / failure due to condition of the trailer will leave you open for trouble with Insurance Co. if it can be proved trailer was in poor condition.

To find a trailer is not so hard ... I scoured boatyards etc. where people launch their boat, moor up and then don't want to pay storage / or consider selling the trailer etc. There are often adverts in free-papers etc. etc. Even the back of PBO etc.

I paid 400 pound for a 4 wheel trailer suitable for 25ft BK boat - guy had launched his Newbridge Voyager and didn't want to trail it back home etc.

They can be found !!

 

[Guest]

Litfing off trailer etc.

If you use a Yacht delivery truck ... they are often working in confined spaces and can use the pillar lifting gear with cross beams which basically lifts the boat clear of their trailer and is only a small amount wider than the trailer. It is not necessary to use a crane ... but of course by the time you add up costs to home and then again back to water .... you could pick up a second-hand trailer out of the local rag !

 

[yoda]

Re: Litfing off trailer etc.

Thanks for your reply, It sounds like the commercial boys do have the ability to do what I want, just a question of how much it costs. That said the cost of laying up for 6 months seems to be about £700 so it may pay off. Do you know of any companies with this type of gear?

Yoda

 

[Guest]

PBO classifieds ...

Honestly give call to the people listed in classified of mags ....

I used Tideway from Waterlooville, Hants years ago .... but don't know whether hes available any more .... cost me 300 for the job .. Its not a case of mileage really ... its a case of time, as even a short distance job is basically half day and stops the possibility of another job unless very local same day. But at 300 it was worth it .... less than yard fees and I had electric / water etc. at home etc.