Re opening the Astra files showed me a few interesting pages which brought back some memories:
To move a 28ft Tumlaren from the FBYC to the HBYC needed transports by road,as the crow flies its not very far but as the tow truck drives its a rather long way,with at least a few mountain passes along the way.
My idea was to ' borrow' a trailer from the HBYC boat park,which one was not difficult given what was in the yard.
The basics were sketched out by me,Jean then filled in with the faces and all the other stuff!
In the end an L26 trailer was used,its made from steel,the L26 is a very different shape to a Tumlaren but with the boat loaded backwards and secured with timber bracing,plus lots of threaded rod bolts,none of which could be fastened to the L26 trailer,we made our way out of the Simonstown car park and on and up to Sun Valley. Then on to the main pass at Ou Kaapse Weg (old cape road) an eventfull trip in so much as nothing went wrong and we arrived safely in Hout Bay Harbour some hours later.
How hard can this be.
R McB
To move a 28ft Tumlaren from the FBYC to the HBYC needed transports by road,as the crow flies its not very far but as the tow truck drives its a rather long way,with at least a few mountain passes along the way.
My idea was to ' borrow' a trailer from the HBYC boat park,which one was not difficult given what was in the yard.
In the end an L26 trailer was used,its made from steel,the L26 is a very different shape to a Tumlaren but with the boat loaded backwards and secured with timber bracing,plus lots of threaded rod bolts,none of which could be fastened to the L26 trailer,we made our way out of the Simonstown car park and on and up to Sun Valley. Then on to the main pass at Ou Kaapse Weg (old cape road) an eventfull trip in so much as nothing went wrong and we arrived safely in Hout Bay Harbour some hours later.
How hard can this be.
R McB
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