Trailerable Height Can't Be Over 13'6"
I would like to get this thread back on track because I share an affinity with the OP for trailerable boats that are also comfortable liveaboard boats. I think Mr. CPC was looking for ideas for trailerable boats other than the usual smallish trailerables like the C-Dory TomCat, Nimble Nomad, Albin 25, Rosborough, Ranger 27, etc.
No disrespect at all to these boats; we hope to own one when we get old. If we live that long.![Socool :socool: :socool:](https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/images/trawler/smilies/sk/socool.gif)
With the OP’s big rig towing experience, he understands the details regarding towing regulations, excruciating details that Hubby Dan and I learned in, well, excruciating detail before we acquired our TT35. I won’t go into all of them here; you would fall asleep.
As some TF members recall, our American BoatWorks 43 listed to the left here in my TF signature started her life as a TT35.
With a total boat-plus-trailer length of 50 ft, height of boat-plus-trailer at 12 ft 10 inches, beam of 10 ft 9 inches, and weight of 12,000-12,500 pounds, she tows very sweetly. She wears her Oversize Load banner proudly on her stern, and I swear I’ve seen her grinning from her pulpit to her outboards when she is pushing 65 miles an hour up the freeway.
We find her a very comfortable and roomy liveaboard platform, too.
BUT... whenever we are docked next to a classic trawler, I still look over with longing and envy at the trawlers that have wide side decks, a Portugese bridge and an enclosed pilothouse.
Then I wish I could find a trailerable, liveable vessel like that. Of course, the vast majority of this style of trawler are much too tall and beamy to be towed on any kind of a regular basis. So I come back down to sea level, throw off the lines, and quit being moody about boats that I don't have.
I really understand the trailer-boat yearnings like Mr. CPC has, because I was a Yearner, too. We have trailered from St. Petersburg to Lake Hartwell and up to Knoxville, and thoroughly enjoyed the transcendent freedom of boldly going where no trawler has gone before.![Hide :hide: :hide:](https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/images/trawler/smilies/sk/hide.gif)
In conclusion (or confusion), here are my suggestions for potential larger trailerable liveaboards:
Looking at Bacchus’ chipper Mainship (sans flybridge), a boat like that might be a candidate for a large trailerable, if one had a custom trailer built for it and could keep the Height of boat-plus-trailer under 13 feet 6 inches. Looking at Wayfarer’s sleek Sylphide, same conjecture. It all depends on what's below the bilge.
You can build a custom trailer that keeps the bottom of a boat one foot off the ground and is safe to tow. I know this from experience.
In a nutshell, can anyone else suggest a liveaboard boat for the OP that is maximum 12 ft 6 inches tall from bottom of running gear to tippy-top of boat?![Popcorn :popcorn: :popcorn:](https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/images/trawler/smilies/sk/popcorn.gif)
Cheers,
Mrs. Trombley
I would like to get this thread back on track because I share an affinity with the OP for trailerable boats that are also comfortable liveaboard boats. I think Mr. CPC was looking for ideas for trailerable boats other than the usual smallish trailerables like the C-Dory TomCat, Nimble Nomad, Albin 25, Rosborough, Ranger 27, etc.
No disrespect at all to these boats; we hope to own one when we get old. If we live that long.
![Socool :socool: :socool:](https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/images/trawler/smilies/sk/socool.gif)
With the OP’s big rig towing experience, he understands the details regarding towing regulations, excruciating details that Hubby Dan and I learned in, well, excruciating detail before we acquired our TT35. I won’t go into all of them here; you would fall asleep.
As some TF members recall, our American BoatWorks 43 listed to the left here in my TF signature started her life as a TT35.
With a total boat-plus-trailer length of 50 ft, height of boat-plus-trailer at 12 ft 10 inches, beam of 10 ft 9 inches, and weight of 12,000-12,500 pounds, she tows very sweetly. She wears her Oversize Load banner proudly on her stern, and I swear I’ve seen her grinning from her pulpit to her outboards when she is pushing 65 miles an hour up the freeway.
We find her a very comfortable and roomy liveaboard platform, too.
BUT... whenever we are docked next to a classic trawler, I still look over with longing and envy at the trawlers that have wide side decks, a Portugese bridge and an enclosed pilothouse.
![Smitten :smitten: :smitten:](https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/images/trawler/smilies/sk/smitten.gif)
Then I wish I could find a trailerable, liveable vessel like that. Of course, the vast majority of this style of trawler are much too tall and beamy to be towed on any kind of a regular basis. So I come back down to sea level, throw off the lines, and quit being moody about boats that I don't have.
I really understand the trailer-boat yearnings like Mr. CPC has, because I was a Yearner, too. We have trailered from St. Petersburg to Lake Hartwell and up to Knoxville, and thoroughly enjoyed the transcendent freedom of boldly going where no trawler has gone before.
![Hide :hide: :hide:](https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/images/trawler/smilies/sk/hide.gif)
In conclusion (or confusion), here are my suggestions for potential larger trailerable liveaboards:
Looking at Bacchus’ chipper Mainship (sans flybridge), a boat like that might be a candidate for a large trailerable, if one had a custom trailer built for it and could keep the Height of boat-plus-trailer under 13 feet 6 inches. Looking at Wayfarer’s sleek Sylphide, same conjecture. It all depends on what's below the bilge.
You can build a custom trailer that keeps the bottom of a boat one foot off the ground and is safe to tow. I know this from experience.
In a nutshell, can anyone else suggest a liveaboard boat for the OP that is maximum 12 ft 6 inches tall from bottom of running gear to tippy-top of boat?
![Popcorn :popcorn: :popcorn:](https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/images/trawler/smilies/sk/popcorn.gif)
Cheers,
Mrs. Trombley
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