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A Visionarry is brought in sinlgle handed towards the waiting trailer. The skipper casually pulls two pins, the boat folds and the bows locate in the trailer guides. The skipper jumps off, attaches the trailer winch, hits the remote and stands back as his pride and joy lifts secury in place. A couple of tie down straps and he's off with a big grin.
I'd give a great deal to be that delighted :>)
Damn, forgot about the rig. There's always something that gets in the way of a good idea.
> Making a Harrigami fold is difficult enough but a sail onto the trailer Visionarry I suspect will remain a dream. It is a very big boat. If you only intend to trailer a few times a year you may be better off building a simple Visionarry with plug in beams and expect to spend a day or two loading. Of course I would be delighted to be proven wrong. > > Mark
Sounds like a challenge, Mark!
What would you give to be that delighted?
And what would constitute proof for you as in "proven wrong"?
Would it be possible on the 12 m Harry to take just the LW hull, insert the crossbeams, tip the whole thing on its side, insert the mast horizontally, then...
Saw that, my concern was at what mast length would it become an issue, considering that if I go for Rob's una rig I'm assuming the mast must be taller, and I...
If you can keep that leeward hull in place as it rotates from horizontal to vertical, then there shouldn't be any problem with the size of the mast. Given the...
-G'day Mike I was thinking on similar lines but don't se much problem holding up the ww hull. There is not an enormous weight off centre and a vertical bit of...
Hey Robert, How is the new job? The support system you describe should work well if the lw hull is stored upright next to the ww hull on the trailer. For a...
-G'day Mike, I am not sure what job I was about to do but the present one of lecturing on plant physiology means I am supposed to be re writing a prac manual...
I'm glad to hear you're writing about proas instead of plant physiology. I'm supposed to be debugging a software package now, but this is definitely more...
... Robert, do you have a link or reference to the Jim Shanahan folding system you mentioned here? Googling "Jim Shanahan folding system" yields nothing...
OK, I think that answers the original question. I have no intention of trailering Harry, just need to get the components from home to the local yard and...
This is a confidential system that Jim gave me a model of. You would have to ask him. ALl I can say is that it as far as the folding part goes and its strength...
<< One other question: Mike, where was the source that gave you the absolute unescorted trailer width requirement in the US?>> Each state is different, and the...
That's a good question. The Harry leeward hulls would probably happily float on their sides for a while, but fortunately that's not the goal here. The lw hull...
Hi, One thing to remember when thinking about folding boats is all the extra bits and pieces that the bridgedeck carries. A Farrier system can be relatively...
I would definitely go the Blind Date approach as you describe, or even simpler, but that would still leave the cockpit benches and floor to contend with, not...
... trailer Visionarry I suspect will remain a dream. It is a very big boat. If you only intend to trailer a few times a year you may be better off building a...
Blind Date was easily put together in one day by two people earlier this summer. Hulls are on separate dollies, very simple supports on wheels. We rented a...
Thank you for sharing this information -- there's nothing like having actual data. Two people for one day is quite impressive. Despite the "less than two...
How do you secure the beams to each hull so they don't slip back? DO you have a pin through it or a series of fasteners? Mike Crawford <jmichael@...>...
A Visionarry is brought in sinlgle handed towards the waiting trailer. The skipper casually pulls two pins, the boat folds and the bows locate in the trailer...
The rig is lying supported by the water, easily removed from the hull,lashed to lw hull and after bringing the boat and trailer into the car park is lifted...
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