Nimble 24 traiering

Posted By: Stephen - Nimble 24 - North of Baton Rouge
Date: 3/16/07 6:26p.m.

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In Response To: Nimble 24 trailering (John Healy)

John, I just bought Norm-New Oreans' Nimble 24, a boat resembling in several ways the N24 featured in the Good Old Boat review article some years back (scans available online). One of the helpful things about that article is the selection of photos, showing – among other things – a Nimble 24 being rigged on the trailer prior to launch, with an indication by the writer of the review that this process took two fellows a couple of hours. I bought my N24 with the same idea – but NOT for day-sailing, though I suppose with help, and the time and patience for both the rigging and un-rigging process, you could do that. But for, say, a week-long trip, following a drive somewhere, she may be ideal. With the configuration of her keel, and based on comments I have read, this is the kind of boat you float off a trailer, rather than one that you slide up or down the trailer bunks into the water, and where you would accomplish the retrieval using a winching-up process: she simply weighs too much for that. Instead (and note that this is from someone who has not attempted it yet), I have the impression that you hope for/ look for a ramp with enough slope to allow getting the trailer into the water far enough to allow the boat to float off, and then later back on, the trailer. For those of you practiced in this art, I would love to hear from you about what I have misunderstood about this process, as I have imagined it, and I am sure John would too! Keep us posted, John, on your Nimble purchase.