Paul's Comments

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