trailer for Honwave T30 AE?

Elcaro · 01 November 2018, 10:17

Hi all, long time since I logged in, lots happened so not much boating done!

I'm wondering about getting a trailer for my Honda Honwave T30 AE. This is 3 metres (obviously) and has an aluminium floor and inflatable keel.

I've looked around the forum but not seen what sort of trailer is best to carry this - rollers, bunks? Doesn't need to be too fancy. My search hasn't been helped by some sites selling "trailers" which don't seem to get the difference between launching trolleys and road-going trailers lol!

Any advice please, thanks in advance.

Terry.

Fenlander · 01 November 2018, 12:03

Well I guess almost any lightweight unbraked bunked trailer will be fine for a 3m SIB.

Might an alternative be spending the trailer money on a 3m air floor SIB and 12v pump?

A trailer always seems overkill on such a small SIB. Perhaps though the convenience of arriving at the water already set up appeals?

Elcaro · 01 November 2018, 13:41

Hi Fenlander, thanks for your reply.

You're probably right, it might be overkill. I hadn't realised how expensive those trailers are!

An electric pump sounds like a good idea though.

Thanks and regards,
Terry.

Elcaro · 01 November 2018, 14:26

P.S. Crikey - electric pumps aren't exactly cheap either!! Might stick to muscle power lol

- Terry.

Elcaro · 01 November 2018, 14:30

Ah seriously though the pumps I see look like max 1 bar. The boat asks for 2.5 bar in the tubes and 3.5 in the keel. Highjacking my own thread here lol I better post a separate thread re this.

Regards, Terry

Elcaro · 01 November 2018, 14:58

"0.25 and 0.35 you chump!"

Sorry!

Fenlander · 01 November 2018, 16:24

Search on here for one of the recent pump threads. Several folks are finding the Itiwit pumps around £40 work fine and very good value compared with £100+ for a Bravo.

goearth · 01 November 2018, 17:36

Good, suitable, new trailers start from £700, plus VAT - but we offer RIBNet members a 10% discount.

Rollers vs bunks? Opinion is divided on this. However for a light weight SIB with an aluminium floor and inflatable keel should be OK on these long bunks. A roller version is about £66 more (+ VAT, less discount).

These are proper boat trailers!!

Personally, I don't see the point of selling the HonWave and buying another SIB, and then losing the convenience of the aluminium floor and somewhere easy to store, launch and recover the HonWave. And then you still have to inflate the SIB at the start and deflate it in the end. The trailer solves all that. However, I agree that I don't know your budget, so that may be an issue.

Elcaro · 02 November 2018, 00:32

Fenlander - thanks for the note about Itiwit pumps. I'll have a look.

Martin at Goearth : Yes I like the ali floor cos you can / could "hack" the boat i.e. you could drill the floor to bolt stuff onto it, not sure what but I've had a few ideas along the way, bits and pieces to make life easier.

But yes - store, launch, recover - all needs to be easy as I pass my threescore years and ten + hernia op. lol. You *could* deflate the thing to stick it in your car but it's a heavy brute for one man when deflated!

Thanks guys,
Terry.

Fenlander · 02 November 2018, 11:43

If you are happy to splash the cash, have easy storage for the trailer and are only a few miles drive from the sea with easy parking for it adj the slipway then a trailer makes more sense than my situation... where it would displace a car from our garage and we are nearly 100mls from the sea which I prefer to travel unencumbered by towing... even more so our 300ml-500ml holiday drives.

Re the stats/info. Selling your boat and buying a brand new air floor 2.7m or 3.0m Honwave plus Itiwit pump would probably have a net spend about half that of a new trailer...and that's assuming you already have a towbar... even less cost if you bought a used air floor Honwave. Those two air floors would give you a weight saving of 15kg and 20kg respectively which is noticeable. You can buy round patches with loops to attach things to SIB air floors and they are very easy to glue on.

Not trying to sell you the air floor option... just give all the info.

PeteG · 02 November 2018, 16:58

PM'd you some trailer info if you go down that route ;-)

Elcaro · 02 November 2018, 22:01

Fenlander yeah, I'm only 5 minutes walk from the sea, or rather the mud! The sea makes a couple of cameo appearances for a couple of hours twice a day and if you're lucky these coincide with :-
it's during daylight
it's not pouring down
not having to do anything else
and so on!
So the boat has to be ready to go at the drop of a hat therefore stay inflated.
I might change the boat down the track so I'll bear you comments in mind.

Sorry you've got a long drive to the sea.
Regards,

Terry

Elcaro · 02 November 2018, 22:04

PeteG - thanks for your message. I've tried to reply, not sure if it worked!
Terry.

Fenlander · 03 November 2018, 12:52

>>> sea makes a couple of cameo appearances for a couple of hours twice a day

Oh you do need to be ready to go then. When we look for holiday cottages adj the water in the Devon/Cornwall area first thing is to get the charts out and see if that idyllic photo of water lapping at the front garden wall is maintained for a usable period of time.

Elcaro · 03 November 2018, 17:33

Haha yes worth checking tide times ;-)

Regards from Terry.