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Can anyone recommend a good trailer boat that might go behind a VW
Station Wagon ? Ideally 22' if its doable ? if not I'll need to buy a
4X 4 I guess ? Dan

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Welshboy wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good trailer boat that might go behind a VW
Station Wagon ? Ideally 22' if its doable ? if not I'll need to buy a
4X 4 I guess ? Dan



Volkswagen Station Wagon??
Do you mean the Jetta?
If so..you'd be limited to about 1000 lbs.... maybe a Siren (small 17'
sister to the 22' Sirus. I had a new one in 1983/84

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In article .com,
"Welshboy" wrote:

Can anyone recommend a good trailer boat that might go behind a VW
Station Wagon ? Ideally 22' if its doable ? if not I'll need to buy a
4X 4 I guess ? Dan


We had pretty good luck with occasionally towing a '82 Macgregor 21
behind the 1400 cc of roaring squirrel that was our Datsun B210. BUT
that was a rear-wheel drive car with standard transmission, the boat and
trailer were maybe 2,000 #, and I didn't drive particularly quickly:
Starts and stops required some planning.

Rather than get a new car, though, I'd find a mooring some place, and
drag the boat there and back once each season. Find another mooring the
next year, and so forth, getting to know each area better.

We also had a '66 Tempest that hardly noticed the boat was behind it.
Did a lot of trailing with that, but used the boat quite a bit more when
we got a mooring. Stepping and unstepping the mast gets old quickly.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

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On 9 Oct 2006 16:23:43 -0700, "Welshboy"
wrote:

Can anyone recommend a good trailer boat that might go behind a VW
Station Wagon ? Ideally 22' if its doable ? if not I'll need to buy a
4X 4 I guess ? Dan


Long in the tooth now - but a SouthCoast 22 will tow behind an S10
Chevy truck or a Blazer - which I suppose is similar to a VWE wagon?
So I expect there are centerboard 22's that would fit your bill....



Brian Whatcott Altus OK

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Welshboy wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good trailer boat that might go behind a VW
Station Wagon ? Ideally 22' if its doable ? if not I'll need to buy a
4X 4 I guess ? Dan

your approach leaves a lot to the imagination, you up for cruising on a
trailerable? need a cabin? Budget? needs to be fast? sailable
singlehanded? the list goes on!

My favorite little boat that can be trailered easily and can be camped
on easily too is a Flying Scot. they are 19 feet, beamy, stable, and
have lots of room on board. There are a huge number of them available
used and new, and can be towed by a Toyota Corolla or similar.

good luck!

Luc

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Luc wrote:
Welshboy wrote:

Can anyone recommend a good trailer boat that might go behind a VW
Station Wagon ? Ideally 22' if its doable ? if not I'll need to buy a
4X 4 I guess ? Dan


your approach leaves a lot to the imagination, you up for cruising on a
trailerable? need a cabin? Budget? needs to be fast? sailable
singlehanded? the list goes on!

My favorite little boat that can be trailered easily and can be camped
on easily too is a Flying Scot. they are 19 feet, beamy, stable, and
have lots of room on board. There are a huge number of them available
used and new, and can be towed by a Toyota Corolla or similar.

good luck!

Luc


I was out on a great afternoon sail with a buddy on his CL16.
It's an open 16 foot dinghy that should weigh less than 700 lbs
including trailer. The wind was quite gusty in the harbout and we were
flying along at 6 knots. In fact we actually passed or paced a number of
keel boats and while they were keeled over we were able to sail fairly
flat without reefing the main. Must say I was impressed.
BTW the owner sailed this little dinghy from Halifax to the Canso
Strait, a 150 nm distance, single handed early September.
see: http://www.vaxxine.com/clsailboats/cl16.htm

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On 11 Oct 2006 14:17:13 -0700, "Luc" wrote:

My favorite little boat that can be trailered easily and can be camped
on easily too is a Flying Scot. they are 19 feet, beamy, stable, and
have lots of room on board. There are a huge number of them available
used and new, and can be towed by a Toyota Corolla or similar.

Good point regarding the Flying Scot, fast fun boats, easily towed.