Posted by Marc Lien on
URL: https://forum.mymorbic.uk/Trailer-tp61p248.html

Hi all,

I ended up going with Admiral and picked up the combi yesterday. All seems great so far.

Tony made me a lightboard bracket that slips on top of the pintles and then is lashed to quarter knees. This bracket has a U holder for the mast.

I’m looking for suggestions for how to trailer the mast safely. I was going to do the following but keen on any insights from those ahead of me:
- mast in u holder above lighting board and overhanging by c30cm
- lash the aft end of the mast around lower pintle
- mast fore end: pop on some foam alongside the stem and transverse pin
- lash fore end to road trailer
- lash halyard sheave to mast stem

I particularly keen to ensure the mast doesn’t jump off, and can’t operate as a projectile through the windscreen under emergency breaking! Add a rolling hitch somewhere? I have a balanced lug rig so no bowsprit iron.

Any tips for towing and launching - I’m a total newbie. Yesterday’s 5 hr trip from Devon to London was “fun”, but also unladen. I don’t yet have a cover.

Getting close to launch day… next weekend at Rutland Water hopefully.