Hi Paul, Thanks for the info. Maybe the paddling is the better activity. My Dad went to school in Aville but I've never been there... sounds like you drive to the coast .. Charleston for your sailing ?
take care..
Okay...well, hope you get that boat soon! Sailing season is here! Have you been to NCSail.org...great site some sailors up your way...and lots of good help
Paul, you had asked me if I thought a Ford F100 would tow the boat and trailer and I thought I had sent you a reply but it looks like something happened to what I said.
My reply was I am not familiar with the Ford but I had also used a 2001 Dodge 1/2 ton pickup to tow the boat and trailer, I would never try to launch from this pickup. I have also used it to tow my car hauling trailer with my 1920 model T Ford to and from Texas. It did the trip but the SUV's were better towing the car and boat trailers with load.
Paul, My trailer weighs 1,520 pounds and I have used a 2001 GMC Yukon Denali XL, a 2005 Cadillac Escalade, and now a 2008 GMC 4 wheel drive ¾ ton pickup. All have done a good job but the Yukon was the best of them.
Paul, as usual I forget to say all I wanted to. You might want to look up on Yahoo Groups the Bayfield group as there are many knowledgeable Bayfield owners and a treasure trove of posted Bayfield information at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bayfieldyachts
Hi Paul,
No I do not know anyone that has used a trailer extension for launching their B-25. The one I sold had a nice trailer for launching from, one of the best designs I have seen. I bought that B-25 when it was up for sale due to the previous owner leaving it set at a marina for 10 years and they stopped paying the storage bill a few years before I came across it. While it needed a good cleaning to the hull it was a good boat. I had never tried to start it but the fellow I sold it to cleaned out the fuel tank and lines, put fresh diesel in it and it started on the second time around, not bad for a boat that had sat for 10 years.
I use a lift at my yacht club as the trailer for the B-25 I use was not designed for self launch. The cost is $1 a foot for members of the club.
The boat was weighed on the trailer but I then subtracted the trailer weight from the total to get the 5,100 pounds. In Ohio trailers have to be weighed to get license plates so I used the weight from the trailer manufacturer.
I have no problems with the 8 hp. Yanmar. It always starts and will push the boat to hull speed if I am not going into a heavy wind or current. I usually run it at 2,600 RPM and my TacTick knot meter shows this to be 5.2 knots. My GPS agrees with this speed so I believe it to be correct. My B-25 has a 13-10 prop while my other one had a 12-8 prop.
I had meant to mention that we were in Ashville last summer. When not on the boat we love to travel on the Blue Ridge parkway. I has wanted to retire around there but things never worked out.
Hi Paul, It only looks like the B-25 on the right in my photo has a trailer extension. What is on the trailer is the mast. My other B-25 trailer also has no provision for an extension. I sold the B-25 to a friend a couple of years ago. I have seen trailer extension made from box tubing with a ball on one end to fit the trailer socket and a trailer hitch fitting on the other end. you also need to have some box or round heavy wall tubing going back from the extension to the sides of the trailer to keep the extension from pivoting at the trailer end. One of the best ones I have ever seen was one that was a box tubing that slid into another box tubing that was part of the trailer. All you had to do was removed a couple of pins and slide the extension out and reinstalled the pins.
As to the B-25 weight, the early ones were called a B-23 but were the same length as the later B-25's but were not as heavy. My 1977 B-25 weighs in at 5,100 pounds but it had full water and fuel tanks along with most of its gear. I have read where the 1985 and later were heavier than the early ones but mine is so heavy I wonder about this.
I am able to raise and lower my mast using the jib sheet and blocks, the boom and the main sheet and blocks. It has worked well for the last 8 years. The only way to do it this way is to be able to fold the mast toward the bow. On the Schaefer spars on my B-25’s the bottom casting on the mast can be removed and turned 180 degrees and then reinstalled using the same screws and holes.
Fair Winds,
Mac
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I'm attendng a family reuniion in Asheville.. .. any lake close to sail or river to paddle you'd reccommend > Thanks...
My reply was I am not familiar with the Ford but I had also used a 2001 Dodge 1/2 ton pickup to tow the boat and trailer, I would never try to launch from this pickup. I have also used it to tow my car hauling trailer with my 1920 model T Ford to and from Texas. It did the trip but the SUV's were better towing the car and boat trailers with load.
Mac
Mac
No I do not know anyone that has used a trailer extension for launching their B-25. The one I sold had a nice trailer for launching from, one of the best designs I have seen. I bought that B-25 when it was up for sale due to the previous owner leaving it set at a marina for 10 years and they stopped paying the storage bill a few years before I came across it. While it needed a good cleaning to the hull it was a good boat. I had never tried to start it but the fellow I sold it to cleaned out the fuel tank and lines, put fresh diesel in it and it started on the second time around, not bad for a boat that had sat for 10 years.
I use a lift at my yacht club as the trailer for the B-25 I use was not designed for self launch. The cost is $1 a foot for members of the club.
The boat was weighed on the trailer but I then subtracted the trailer weight from the total to get the 5,100 pounds. In Ohio trailers have to be weighed to get license plates so I used the weight from the trailer manufacturer.
I have no problems with the 8 hp. Yanmar. It always starts and will push the boat to hull speed if I am not going into a heavy wind or current. I usually run it at 2,600 RPM and my TacTick knot meter shows this to be 5.2 knots. My GPS agrees with this speed so I believe it to be correct. My B-25 has a 13-10 prop while my other one had a 12-8 prop.
Mac
Mac
As to the B-25 weight, the early ones were called a B-23 but were the same length as the later B-25's but were not as heavy. My 1977 B-25 weighs in at 5,100 pounds but it had full water and fuel tanks along with most of its gear. I have read where the 1985 and later were heavier than the early ones but mine is so heavy I wonder about this.
I am able to raise and lower my mast using the jib sheet and blocks, the boom and the main sheet and blocks. It has worked well for the last 8 years. The only way to do it this way is to be able to fold the mast toward the bow. On the Schaefer spars on my B-25’s the bottom casting on the mast can be removed and turned 180 degrees and then reinstalled using the same screws and holes.
Fair Winds,
Mac
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