Back on Trailer

This is a reasonably straight forward operation. However, the front of the trailer does lift up into the air as you wind it under the boat, as its not attached to the car. This is fine until the rear cradle digs into the ground and then you are winding the boat onto the trailer. But if there is a second person who puts their weight onto the trailer, that is enough to keep the cradle clear of the ground, so it is easy to keep winding the trailer under the boat. As the boat comes further up the trailer the balance changes so the front drops down.

 

Trailer Maintenance

 

To get the boat off the trailer

Find four "good" sized tyres

Remove everything out of the boat

Attach the trailer to the car

Position two of the tyres approximately 6 feet behind the trailer

Back winch the boat until the stern drops down onto the tyres

Tie the stern of the boat back to a tree - by passing a rope through the rudder slot

Carefully drive the car forward

and allow the boat to drop down onto two further tyres place under the keel

The boat is then quite safe and stable 

East Coast

 

Coniston Rally

 

Coniston - March 2026

Light from Aldi - rechargeable and magnetic

 

Start of Season

 

A few days at Coniston - with a DCA Rally

 

After 3 days of almost continuous rain, the lake was very high.