I expect it will be the same here and the boat will have to have brake
lights and a license plate.

--

Roger Long



"Robert or Karen Swarts" wrote in message
...
Here in WA you would have to register the tender both as a motor boat and
a trailer. Never heard of it being done, but I'm sure the state would love
to work with you on it.

BS

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:29:12 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote:
I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our sailboat in
a cove with no docks or other facilities. If this is something that might
interest you, you can follow the progress he
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm
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Interesting idea but in the end I think you'll be happier with a hard
bottom inflatable (perhaps with beach wheels), and a lightweight
trailer.

Many years ago I was working at boat yard in Marina Del Rey, near Los
Angeles, Ca, and saw this concept.

Some guy bolted a trailer to the bottom of an old wood boat. 14 foot,
maybe. 20 horse outboard.

I only saw it once, but it stays in my memory.

I can see it now, heck of a wake with the trailer hitch sticking out of
the water in front of the bow when on a "plane". A do it yourself
tsunami maker.

You see the darnedest things at public launch ramps.

Roger Long wrote:
I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our sailboat in
a cove with no docks or other facilities. If this is something that might
interest you, you can follow the progress he
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

Comments and suggestions welcome:

Since the distance is short, this boat would only be used at low speeds.
The big reason for it is that the beach is so flat that there will be 10 -
20 feet of water between the water's edge and the trailer when it is deep
enough for a trailer boat to float on or off. That makes launching and
recovery a real pain in cold Maine water. Also, getting a boat on and off
when there is a small surf running is difficult.

--

Roger Long



"Jim" wrote in message
link.net...
Many years ago I was working at boat yard in Marina Del Rey, near Los
Angeles, Ca, and saw this concept.

Some guy bolted a trailer to the bottom of an old wood boat. 14 foot,
maybe. 20 horse outboard.

I only saw it once, but it stays in my memory.

I can see it now, heck of a wake with the trailer hitch sticking out of
the water in front of the bow when on a "plane". A do it yourself tsunami
maker.

You see the darnedest things at public launch ramps.

Roger Long wrote:
I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our sailboat
in a cove with no docks or other facilities. If this is something that
might interest you, you can follow the progress he
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

Comments and suggestions welcome:

If the distance TO the beach is short then plain journal bearings
(journal AND thrust) would be appropriate. Polyurethane or Acetal
co-polymer plain bearings would be suitable also for small road travel
distances. You design them for an 'intereference fit' into the journal
- with an 'assembled' clearance to the shafting of 1- 2/1000's of an
inch clearance per inch of shaft diameter. Availability is from
national bearing 'distributors' such as Bearings Inc., etc.


In article , Roger Long
wrote:

Since the distance is short, this boat would only be used at low speeds.
The big reason for it is that the beach is so flat that there will be 10 -
20 feet of water between the water's edge and the trailer when it is deep
enough for a trailer boat to float on or off. That makes launching and
recovery a real pain in cold Maine water. Also, getting a boat on and off
when there is a small surf running is difficult.

"Roger Long" wrote in message
.. .
Since the distance is short, this boat would only be used at low speeds.
The big reason for it is that the beach is so flat that there will be 10 -
20 feet of water between the water's edge and the trailer when it is deep
enough for a trailer boat to float on or off. That makes launching and
recovery a real pain in cold Maine water. Also, getting a boat on and off
when there is a small surf running is difficult.

--

Roger Long

I believe the Brits have a boat beach dolly that fits right into a road
trailer for applications like yours. That way the road trailer avoids the
salt water and the dolly/boat is light enough to wrangle by hand. Get the
fat dolly tires for soft sand.