Now Highlander don't get the wrong idea from the title.............
For those of you that have trailered a few days down the road and used the as a camper;
where do you put the boom. Just about every spot we tried sticking it, it was in the way.
In the Vee it sticks out to far and messes with using the stove and sink.
Under cockpit on the bed we kept kicking it .
We tow with an older Durango and so don't have a truck bed to put it in.
Has anyone lashed it on deck or anything??
In my M I put the boom on the port bunk stuffed as far forward as possible into the v berth permitting my daughter to sleep in the V berth, freeing up most of the aft port bench. My son sleeps in the starboard berth and, we (the admiral and I) sleep in the Aft king size bed.
Q1
For on-the-boat storage of the boom when trailering, or extended motoring on the water, the boom stays outside the cabin, tightly suspended and lashed inboard against the starboard mid-stanchions, out of the way, just an inch or two above the cabin top deck.
From West Marine, 'bought a couple of stanchion eyes that I fastened to the stanchions about halfway up, and used some webbing straps thru the eyes, with enough strap to wrap several times around the boom, then a few wraps around the stanchion, and cinched tight, using the typical mil-spec snap fasteners. For extra security, it can be cabled thru the bail and locked, and also tied with line using appropriate knots.
The eyes are to make sure it stays suspended and does not rest on the fiberglass which would get marred by the slight shifting of the aluminum against it.
Quebec 1 and ALX357, do you store the boom with the main sail attached or just the boom. We have lazy jacks that wrap around the main and then we put the cover on it and store the boom with the main attached. Most of the time the mast end of the boom is in the Vee and the aft end of the boom sits on the galley. Now that's great for going to launch but for a couple of days as a camper it is in the way BIG TIME.
I am a newbe wirh an , the boss and I sleep in the v birth, we do not have the room that a has in the aft birth. We store the boom in the aft and it is in the way. This is a good question as we intend to also use our as a trailor when on the road. Now that I think of it, I do not have a good reason not to keep it out side while on the road.
I personaly would not trl with the boom attached to the mast for any kind of distance thats a lot of weight with the mainsail also attached ! you should not be trling with the headsail attached to the furler either for any kind of distance for the same reasons unles your planning on installing a mid mast support @ the mast base mount .
I am making a mid mast support right now for my boat as I have two furling systems but always remove the head sails before towing any great distance my mast support will be ajustable in height allowing me to sit the mast on it when I am raising or lowing the mast I find it a pita when raising or lowering their is always something " shrouds" or other hanging up on something then you have to walk everthing back to correct the situation this way I can stop & rest the mast at hung up location & go back and correct the problem " Man I do rant on " Eh
If the boom & mainsail are bagged together in a mainsail cover I cant see why you could not just tie the whole thing up onto the center inboard stantions if you use bungy cords make sure you also use line as a back-up
J
PS I always thought your boom was stored on the mantel piece along with your ! Oop's never mind !
I trailer with the furler and foresail (150 gen) attached, with no problem. Maybe the X mast crutch being further forward than the M has a bearing on this, but no problem here.
On our , I bunge the boom, with mainsail attached and covered, to the port side mid stanchions. The mast raising pole is bunged to the starboard mid stanchions. The furler, with 150 genny attached and covered, is bunged to the mast, without center support.
J.Teixeira wrote:I move all the weight I can to the car.
Jose
I don't think that is the best way to go.
If you check the vehicle specs plate you will find a max load weight and a max tow weight. The load weight is always much less than the tow weight and a large portion of the load weight would be the tongue weight of the trailer and the passengers which could easily exceed half the specified load weight for the vehicle. On the other hand the trailer weight may not be as close to the max tow weight so you may have more flexibility with altering your tow weight since the vehicle can tow much more than it can carry. Something to consider.
well I can tell you when I load up my trl it dont take much to bottom out the suspension so bad it was on my last trip with gaping pot holes on the road that I could not always avoid I'm seriously thinking of converting my trl to a tandem axle as a few here have already done
carriacou wrote:Quebec 1 and ALX357, do you store the boom with the main sail attached or just the boom. We have lazy jacks that wrap around the main and then we put the cover on it and store the boom with the main attached. Most of the time the mast end of the boom is in the Vee and the aft end of the boom sits on the galley. Now that's great for going to launch but for a couple of days as a camper it is in the way BIG TIME.
Either way .... for extended periods of not using the boom, I take the main sail off, but for short periods between usage, the boom with main sail, and cover are just wrapped up tight and lashed to the mid stanchions. But for hiway trailering, you need some sort of cover over the open leading edge.
If you can find a splice or have one made like the has a splice in its mast so as it can be split into two sections
then cut the boom in the middle where your vang is or with a rigid vang you'd have to go with a longer splice and cut behind the rigid vang track install the splice & now your boom is even stronger than the original , the splice is fairly thick alum 3/16" or more I beleive , now you'd be able to handle it without to much problem & most likely would fit into your car trunk or 6ft trk bed or you would be able to lay it accross the back of the rear aft berth from port to starboard
Where's my saw
Nope gotta finnish of my other mods first
J
I use some bungees and some tie-down straps to lash the boom and the furler against the mast for a long trip. I needed the space inside the Macgregor for trailering/camping. My mast has the mod with the PVC mast holder in the middle to prevent any mast bouncing or movement. http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1341
For short trips, the boom lays inside the Macgregor, mostly in the aft bunk, lashed to the stairs.
as a camper; 
has in the aft birth. We store the boom in the aft and it is in the way. This is a good question as we intend to also use our 
Oop's never mind ! 
has a splice in its mast so as it can be split into two sections 
