New 5 boat trailer and container rack

Here it is, the new way to transport 505s both on the road and in a shipping container.

After seeing the UK 5 boat trailer we decided that we needed something similar but had a dream to design one that could also be used to transport the boats in a container.  It took a lot of design work but it has done a successful 2500km round trip to the Nationals at Hamilton Island on the road and has now been packed into a container to go to the Worlds in Sicily.  There are some important details in the design that make the whole package just small enough to fit in a container.

Earle has funded the whole project  so far but is making the plans available for a nominal charge if others would like to make one.  He can also arrange more to be made if there is some interest, making a few at once will reduce the cost of each.  Brisbane sent 7 boats to the worlds so should have 2, Sydney 1, Adelaide 2, Perth?, North QLD?

Contact Earle by email, phone +61 4 0757 4027, or Skype earle.alexander  Come and have a look at it at the Worlds in Sicily.

Here is the evidence for those who subscribe to the motto "Pics or it didn't happen":

Click on any of the pics for a larger version.

All packed up for it's first big road trip
Here the mudguards are off and it is lifted on jockey wheels.  The brake cables easily disconnect from the rear wheels.	Now the wheels can be removed, they come off as 4 separate pieces so they are easy to handle
The drawbar comes off, the light wires are socketed to the trailer so they just unplug.	The whole thing is lowered and pushed into the container.
Until the weight can be taken by the small fixed wheels and the jockey wheels removed.	Do the same at the other end.  Note the nice supports for the boats that spread the load on the gunwhale.
Using a couple of trolley jacks, the small wheels are removed so the frame sits on the floor.	Then the rack is braced against the sides of the container.  At the bottom.
	We think that the 5th boat will fit in a high top container but we did not have to put one there for this trip and we found that the top of the rack is a great place to put the launching trolleys.  The 5th boat may fit in the container but not through the door so we could put that boat in first and temporarily sling it from the roof then put the rack in under it and lower the boat onto it.
And braced at the top, and lashed fore and aft to the container tie down points.