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#114905 08/28/07 10:04 AM 08/28/07 10:04 AM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | Well, I'm not in NE anymore but I want one too! And Jake, send me some PVC pipe! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#114906 08/28/07 10:17 AM 08/28/07 10:17 AM |
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Posts: 404 Chattanooga, TN | Timbo--The wood blocks on the trailer are actually so that the boat clears the fenders. (Oley built the trailer himself) The dolphin stricker clears the box by about 8 inches and the boat by about 16. Hope that helps.
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#114907 08/29/07 07:43 AM 08/29/07 07:43 AM |
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Posts: 778 Houston | Anybody else what? Living with John in his sail box?
I do know that back in the early 1990's we did a seminar somewhere in the Midwest, like Kansas or Nebraska, and at least three people had sail boxes that opened up into camper tents right on the trailer. Really cool. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I probably still have photos somewhere. Every time I hear a story like this I wonder if someone else found some "Cycle-Campers" in the corner of a warehouse. In the 80's there was a company in that general area that made a tiny popup camper designed to be towed behind a motorcycle. It did not sell very well and the company went under. These things were the perfect size to fit between the hulls of a catamaran. I knew a couple of people who did that. I bought one from a dealer real cheap, with the intent of mounting it on my trailer. A friend begged a lot and I sold it to him to mount like a tool box in the bed of his pickup. We later found these things did not like water. They would fall apart if you got them wet launching your boat. I have not seen one in years, I suspect they fell apart when people parked them outside like they were real trailers. Carl | | | Re: Sail boxes
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#114908 08/29/07 08:12 AM 08/29/07 08:12 AM |
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Posts: 1,187 38.912, -95.37 | Well Mary, I know you're refering to the seminar held at Lake Perry (Kansas) but for the life of me I've don't recall any of these campers. Carl, you're probably right they must have been junk.
I've been scheming on a quick/safe way to put the double stack rails on an old pop-up trailer. The tent thing is getting old (or wait, maybe that's me getting old).
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#114909 08/29/07 06:07 PM 08/29/07 06:07 PM |
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Posts: 93 virginia beach, VA | TREY i'm game for a box.... just let me know when you need payment and how long should it take?
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Posts: 93 virginia beach, VA | hey trey,,, so how r those boxes coming? give me a shout... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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#114916 04/24/08 09:07 PM 04/24/08 09:07 PM |
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Posts: 297 | I do. Motivated. Who makes them? I know this post isn't so timely, but I am hunting all over the country for just this thing. Take my money! Please! Rex Denton
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#114917 04/24/08 09:18 PM 04/24/08 09:18 PM |
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Posts: 829 Charleston, SC | Shoot me an email: velocitytrey (at) gmail.com and I'll fill you in. Anybody else want in? I've got to get 5 people before I will run the order.
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#114918 04/25/08 05:30 AM 04/25/08 05:30 AM |
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Posts: 224 Cincinnati, Ohio | How much do they weigh? My pvc sail tube weighs in at something like 180...too heavy.
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#114919 04/25/08 06:56 AM 04/25/08 06:56 AM |
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Posts: 975 South Louisiana, USA | How much do they weigh? My pvc sail tube weighs in at something like 180...too heavy. 180? Is that loaded? My PVC tube (12" schedule 40 not the light stuff) weighs less than 1/2 that! Just a little less than my aluminum box I made. Clayton | | | Re: Sail boxes
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#114920 04/25/08 07:49 AM 04/25/08 07:49 AM |
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Posts: 2,074 Northfield,NH USA | Well Mary, I know you're refering to the seminar held at Lake Perry (Kansas) but for the life of me I've don't recall any of these campers. Carl, you're probably right they must have been junk.
I've been scheming on a quick/safe way to put the double stack rails on an old pop-up trailer. The tent thing is getting old (or wait, maybe that's me getting old). These units for camping have intrigued me. They are Australian and my cousins all have them there. Seem to be very well built. 3 dog camping Greg
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#114922 04/25/08 08:15 AM 04/25/08 08:15 AM |
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Posts: 829 Charleston, SC | These boxes weigh in somewhere between 30-40 lbs. They are extremely light, but they are still pretty stiff. I've laid on top of mine before. Who else wants one?
Trey
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#114923 04/25/08 08:20 AM 04/25/08 08:20 AM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | What we need to develop is a sailbox that when fully opened, turns into a tent and a bar, for the regattas! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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