Yeah, actually I have towed a lot of multi-car trailers over the past 10
years, mostly through the midwest when we were buying and restoring cars
(another hobby at one time). I totally agree with everything you said, and
in fact tonight when I picked up the rental trailer so I can go get the boat
I got snagged by a damn detour. It put me on "historic" downtown streets
with a 30 foot trailer and a 1 Ton Dodge DWR, talk about wide and long!

I'm thinking I will go ahead and buy a trailer (considering their easy to
resell in this area) and try it for a while, but I think I am going to find
that having it on the water where I plan to use it 75% of the time is going
to be the trick... But then there are those cost factors too. Once again I
am a waffle on the subject.

Appreciate the input!!

"jchaplain" wrote in message
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Have you ever towed a boat or object of this size?
It's a big job. I regularly tow by 24 footer around the New England
area. Its ok, but I would think twice about towing anything larger
than that on a regular basis. And, I don't take it to the water for
day trips much. Usually I go out for several days or a whole week at a
time which makes trailering a large(r) boat more worthwhile.
Max allowable beam is 8.5 ft on the highway, and thats of the largest
width of the load ( boat or trailer.)
Trailering large stuff is a big liability as well. Ever deal with
getting stuck onto narrow sideroads with a rig like that due to a
detour or something? It's no fun.
Not to be totally negative, there are a lot of advantages to
trailering, but at some size you just have to consider the amount of
work and safety risk that trailering is and keep it in the water, and
27 feet is durn big.
John C.


On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:27:51 GMT, "Mark Davis"
wrote:

Okay, so I know this is a loaded question. But it will at least be fun.

I just bought a larger boat, 27' Concorde with a single Inboard. We got
it
for the room and the ability to go further in the boat, but now we have a
question. I am of the mindset to dock it and be done and only trailer
when
going to the Keys etc. However, there is a valid alternative to putting
it
on a trailer so I can launch at alternative inlets without the need to
motor
too far.

What are the opinions, pros/cons of trailering a inboard around.

Just my $.02 so far is that it seems getting it on and off the trailer
will
be a bit more difficult as will finding ramps deep enough to accomodate
it.

Opinions please?

Thanks!
Mark