Here is my experience with harbor freight trailers an it isn't anything to positive.
http://www.sunfishforum.com/showthread.php?t=27780&highlight=harbor+freight
http://www.sunfishforum.com/showthread.php?t=3608&highlight=gust+adjust
I found this on the forum a a couple of months ago.... had a hard time finding it again but this should help anyone out who as questions about how to tie the Gust Adjust
I wrote a post about Harbor-Freight trailers a while back that you may want to look into... I had a pretty bad experience with HF and the trailer that you are looking at seems to be similar. Look for the post Stay away from this trailer
hmmmm sounds like its time to design some sort of alternative mast cleat... Awsome... i love making stuff... shoot already got a idea or 2 going in my head... i wonder,,, just how strong his gorilla tape... haha.. just kidding....maybe... My idea is going to be bit more bullet proof... ill run...
So I did well enough at the North Americans to qualify to go to the worlds next year. But with the economy in its current state and the fact that I'm in college and money is tight as it is, Im looking to get a jump on saving up to go... So my question is to all that have been to worlds events in...
Yet another reason why the springs are so much better than the rings... so this weekend i was pushing my boat off the dolly and forgot to put the auto-bailer up. The chute comes flying out of the autobailer blah blah blah... Had i had the rings in... they would have been broken and the bailler...
Now if your really fast..... what you do is put a slip not in the mainsheet... throw the tiller into a tack, and then run around the mast and back and sail on.... much easier said than done
ok just got the new springs for my bailer and these things are absolutly amazing.... a snap to install and the action is amazing... i will never buy anymore bands at a time
I have found in light air that the tiller extension jussstttt fits when you swing it at the top block on the boom.... the front block that its... and i mean it just barely makes it...
Well i know they have those Bow Guards for powerboats that protect the bottom of the bow then they go up the beach.... what if you were to take a strip of hat and put it on the stern... maybe not race good but it would protect the bottom. and it would stay on b/c its designed for powerboats that...
Im glad to be getting this much feedback on this topic. To answer Wavedancer's comment, the trailer is rated to hold 900lbs. We were well within the rating. And Memnar, you nailed it right on the head.... We took it to a trailer shop to see if he could weld it back together and he said there was...
Not really. We saw a trailer for sale for a good price and we bought it and are rebuilding the sunfish trailer.... now we will know what we condition the trailer is next time we need to use it
No didnt fall asleep in class, just couldnt find my digital camera to take pictures of the trailer. So we will have to deal with the camera phone pics.
So we have we pull over into some gas station in West Virginia to check out the trailer. I go back and look at all the tires, they look fine...
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