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A question about boat weight and displacement
"Ante Topic Mimara" ] wrote in message news:KMYSIKXQ38080.3344444444@anonymous... I have looked at several web sites that sell boats, and I have not seen anything much under 27 or 28 feet that looks like what I was wanting. Almost all of these boats that are smaller than this, are all open, and do not have anything inside to sleep on, or eat, or have heads, or anything. If I could find something like this, I would be happy, but I have not. There are a number of boats available that are trailerable and have the features that you say. For example, Bayliner has a "245" model that is 24 feet long, 8-1/2 feet wide (legal limit for towing) and weighs in at about 7000 pounds. You would need to have a pretty big truck to tow this thing around, but you could. The cabin is going to be fairly small, but you can sleep in it. I have seen other boats of similar size. Like someone else suggested, a boat show would be a good place to look. If you need to be able to tow this rig yourself you are not going to be able to go much larger than this. You can move just about anything down the road if you get the right permits. The larger it is, the more restrictions you will have. Last summer I had a houseboat moved from Arizona to Stockton California. The boat was 16 feet wide and sitting on the trailer it was 15'-4" tall (that is after I removed the radar arch, bimini, etc.) The hardest part of the whole process was getting the boat from the water onto the trailer and then back into the water. As for the permits, the transportation department of each state ("CalTrans in California, not sure what Arizona calls theirs) issues the permits, which the truck driver picked up at the point of entry. For loads that are just slightly over the legal limit the requirement is just a sign that says "Oversize load". A little bit larger and you need to get an escort vehicle that follows along behind and carries a sign "oversized load ahead". Bigger still and you need an escort vehicle up front. Bigger still and you need police escort. For my rig, I needed the two escort vehicles. IF we had to venture off the interstate in California I would have needed two CHP (California Highway Patrol) vehicles as escorts. When the permits were applied for the width and height had to be specified, as well as the origin and destination. The actual route that was allowed was determined by the state. In my case, it was south to Phoenix, west on I-10 to Los Angeles, north on I-5 to Stockton. There were portions of the route that could not be traveled after 7 PM due to construction. The section through Los Angeles could not be traveled during commute hours. There were two bridges that were under construction and the truck had to exit the freeway and then get right back on because the bridge didn't have enough clearance. Moving my boat was a bitch and I hope I don't have to do that again! I know people who race hydroplane boats that are wider than 8-1/2 feet and they tow them all over the place. I assume that they have permits that are good for long periods of time (my permits were good for 5 days) or they are really good at filing for permits! If you don't think that you can be happy on a ~25 foot boat with an 8 foot beam then my suggestion to you is to buy a boat that you think you will like on a body of water that you think you would like to spend some time on. If you get tired of that body of water either sell the boat and buy another or pay to have the boat moved. A ten foot beam shouldn't be that bad to move. Rod |
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