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Richard Casady

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:58:05 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:36:22 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:55:42 -0500, wrote:

Others have provided the correct answer with respect to hardware. The
real issue may be that the boat and trailer combination are over width
and/or over height. Depending on the intended towing area, that could
be a deal breaker.

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Over height is probably not an issue unless it has a flybridge or
tower. Over width is quite likely but not by a huge amount, easily
remedied with the right signs and permits.

Over height was a stretch, but since I lacked information on the
trailer and complete information on the boat, it seemed necessary to
mention.

Over width is almost assured, since the boat, alone, is at the legal
limit. Any guide-ons will exceed the legal limit.

Over "size" is not trivial. It requires (based on location)
combinations of lights, signs, permits, flags, banners, pilot cars and
limitations on travel after dark, before dawn, on holidays and days
preceding and succeeding. To me, a deal breaker.

Only the OP knows the particulars and, now, armed with the right
questions, can tell US what the right tow vehicle is.

The boat was designed with a narrow beam in order to be trailerable.
The picture of it on the ramp shows a trailer a good two feet narrower
than the boat. It has a foot deep keel to keep it from shifting from
side to side. With bow and stern thrusters to help it might not be too
hard to load. The mast folds for a hight, floating of just a bit over
niine feet. As for launching it light, in Iowa there is no such thing
as a marina with diesel or sanitary pump out. The lake where I have
done my boating for the last fifty years, has just one gas pump, not
even one resort, all private homes.