On Feb 10, 9:22*am, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:13:03 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

No way to trailer that sort of boat, short of a tractor trailer and
(even worse) the oversize permits. I think the narrowest model, 33' or
over, is almost a 12' beam.

One of the captains I occasionally back up has a Hydra-Sports 330 CC
that he trailers to places when fishing is hot here or there and for
tournaments over 75 *miles from his home base in Bristol RI.

That boat has a 10.5' beam and with the trailer, it's close to 11'
wide. *The interesting thing is that he doesn't need a special permit
to haul the boat - he does need an oversize sign (he tows it with a
Ford F-450 dual) front and rear. *All he needs to do is to call the
DOT in RI, pay a small fee (like $25) and he has his permit. *He can
also do it online. *When he goes to MA or NY, same thing - all done
online, quick and easy.

The Canyon 33 is almost a foot wider than the Hydra-Sports - 11'7"
which isn't too wide for a trailer - it's just under 12' which I think
is the total limit on non-special wide load permits. *I could be wrong
though. *I know that there are specialty trailer makers (Harry bought
his trailer from one that I know of) that can build a proper trailer
that's not wider than the boat it'self.

The nice thing about the Contender 31 I had was that it was under 10'
- 9'6" - and was a piece of cake to trailer around and I didn't need a
special permit for it when I did trailer it which wasn't often.

The one thing I really don't like about hauling big boats is looking out
the rear view mirror and seeing the "Battleship Missouri" two feet
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If you drive fast enough, the boat can't catch you...