Utility Boat Trailer

 12 Nov 21:

Road Trials for our 5x10 Carry On utility trailer, to see if if could haul a boat on a dolly. The boat rode great, on Learning Lesson was that we need to streamline our tie down process. Today our process was to tie a lot of knots. Test Subject was our 1953 Alcort Standard Sailfish WINNIE.

WINNIE's furniture dolly.

After a hard day at the beach WINNIE got a fresh water washdown.

Sunfish Utility Trailer

 07 May 21:

We have a 5x10 Carry On utility trailer and were curious if it could carry a Sunfish on a dolly? We know that it can carry Sunfish with the ramp folded down, no dolly, and minimal modification. We used it last year to recover a hurricane damaged Sunfish. Using a utility trailer to carry Sunfish or other boats has appeal because other adventure gear could be carried as well, such as bikes, coolers, chairs, etc...

Ideally we could lower a ramp and roll the dolly and Sunfish up the ramp, which we were able to do with sufficient side to side clearance. But in order to close the ramp, the Sunfish and dolly protrude too far forward.

If we push the dolly back far enough to get clearance from the tow vehicle, the stern sticks out about 2 feet and interferes with ramp closure. 

One idea is to remove that ramp and use 2 Carry On ramps. But then those ramps would need to be stored somewhere. 

Or to make a modified ramp, like a bobtail.

The utility trailer could be further modified to carry more Sunfish, canoe, kayak etc...

Comments appreciated.