I've hauled them all over the place in my f150 short bed with tailgate down. Padded it good w harbor freight cheap moving blankets. Put Stearn to cab. Tie 2 bowline loops around bow, run one to each side of tailgate latches. Dont tie to bow handle, it could pull out with stress. Maybe just a loose fit one for additional insurance. Tie a square red flag to the bow handle. They have them free at home depot loading area..thats state law most states for anything sticking out past 4 feet. Ratchet strap accross middle of boat to each side of tail gate for good measure to hold boat down. Pad the metal on ratchet so you dont chafe anything.. be conscious of chafing with any tie.. I rolled up spars and sail and put them just under edge of boat butted to cab as well and isolated from hull...again chaffing. Took small lines and lashed them. Run main sheet line around and around sail so it doesn't flap while traveling if no spar bag. Dagger boards and rudder inside cab. 6 hours from Orlando twice. 2 hours to pick one up at appalachicola River back to Panama city. Not a single issue.
As an alternative... buy harbor frieght trailer and set it temporary just to haul it back. Similar to the truck bed. Money from truck rental could pay for it and you would have it for later to take your time and fix it up right for your permanent trailer.
Keep in mind, with my experiences and ideas... I'm from the south and we do things a little different than New York. LOL. Like the song says..."A country boy can survive". Congrates. No worries. You can get it done. Good luck!
Try Northern Tool stores.
'Bet they won't be sold out!
I always carried mine upright with a lot of padding (old life jackets) or blankets. Watch your bailer and tie it off so the boat is tight on the starboard side so the pressure isn't on the bailer.Excellent! I will give it a go. Do you recommend the boat being upright or upside down?
Luckily I'm only traveling 30 miles. The biggest obstacle might come when the wife has to help me carry it off the truck onto some sawhorses.
Thanks a ton for the tips!
Oh, and I hope to pick up a trailer from HF soon. The stores in my area are completely sold out of them unfortunately.
annnd it breaks down to a small enough size to fit in most cars.
there’s always a 20% off coupon online and usually they’ll just give you 20% off in the store if you asked for it, so that makes it a very inexpensive remedy....$50 and some change.
Close...is this a heatwave sail?Gzblack those hulls were part of the heatwave boat. Those boats were everywhere with a great looking sail
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Hope this isn’t a high jack but I took woodwind’s advice and tried putting a boat I picked up last night in stern first.
It was definitely easier taking the boat out on the dry directly onto the dolly.
I was also able to set the sail in the bed and bungee the gooseneck to the loop on the bed extender.View attachment 45628
That's funny, glad someone still has a sense of humor.Northern Tool? I don't think we have any of those up this way. Unless you're talking about the populace of NY State itself. Lol