Saillee Rover

[Doug Canada]

Could you consider this as a trailerable sailer?
A little heavy, at 3800+ lbs, to tow behind a 6 cyl vehicle?
Could it be built a little lighter?
Any builders of this out there?

http://www.woodenboatstore.com/store/prodinfo.asp?number=400-065&variation=&aitem=22&mitem=38

Doug

[AHall]

My dad just finished one (fall 2004)
yes you can move it with a trailer, but I wouldn't want to just pop it in for a daysail. The rig takes some time to set up and you would probably have some issues with the time it takes for the huge oak keel to swell up.
It is a neat little boat though.

Good luck,
Andy

[RodB]

Do a search for "Sally Rover" on this design forum... a professional builder north of Dallas by the name of Robert Albers mentioned he was going to build this design seveal months ago and most likely strip-planked/with cold molded veneers (a couple layers) as that is what he has built in the past. You could e-mail him about it and ask any questions, however, he doesn't seem to be very sharing with building information.

For trailering I would think epoxy composite construction (strip) would be much better for longevity, keeping the weight down, etc.

I think many really nice designs can be considered if one is willing to modify the traditional plans for stip-planking and/or cold molding resulting in a monocoque structure. I would also think that lightening the hull overall would allow for increasing the ballast thus increasing the stability figures.

RB

[ 01-01-2005, 07:52 PM: Message edited by: RodB ]

[Venchka]

The Owner's manual of the vehicle will tell you more about trailering than we can. This also brings up one of my pet peeves: designers/plans vendors listing displacement without telling us what the boat weighs on the trailer. There could be several hundred pounds difference between the dry all up weight and the sailing displacement with stores and crew aboard.

Sally Rover would need a tow vehicle with 5,000 pound towing capacity and a 5,000 pound capacity trailer.

If you did build a lighter hull, you then have to add ballast so the weight on the trailer wouldn't be any different.

That said, I'm not a fan of clipper bows on small boats. Wasted space and extra work. There are dozens (maybe hundreds) of boats out there that are similar length, weigh half as much on the trailer, have a similar rig and wouldn't require a complete re-engineering to produce a lighter load on the trailer. OR, there are larger boats that don't weigh as much on the trailer.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[RodB]

Yes, there are numerous designs you could consider that are lighter such as Atkin's Amos Brown or Maid of Endor, just to name a couple from thousands to consider... and some would think the spoon bow more appealing than the clipper...

RB

[ 01-02-2005, 11:02 PM: Message edited by: RodB ]