Calif Bill wrote:



And in most states that is illegal.

Def illegal in Oz

Except a 5th wheel does not seem to
considered a trailer for this purpose in California.

....and I am not interested in getting a fith wheeler as I want either a Prado
or a Cruiser so I can go Cape York etc (but leaving the van behind of course)

I would get a 13-14' V
nose aluminum boat

Do you mean a v-nose punt? (punt has V-nose but flat bottom from about a third
of the way back from the bow) or a dingy with v-nose?

and maybe an automatic loader like the Eide Industries
model.

I will certainly be getting one of those

I had a Valco riveted 14'V nose and worked fine in choppy water and near
shore salt water on calm

days. I think the boat weighed about 65 kg.

That was a v-nose punt?

Cheers

David