Ron, thanks for the trailer brake source. I hadn't looked at Eastern Marine. My trailer already has larger wheels, which will help. I enjoyed imaging you towing your former boat around Germany. Would you ever take a sailboat on the Danube? Anyway, I hope sometime I get to see Griselda. May we cross paths one day. I certainly look with longing at all the fresh and salt water in you corner of the world. Livingston and Sam Rayburn look huge compared to the pond I have been sailing in. David Patterson Cloud Girl M17 #393 Dave, A few years ago, I installed trailer brakes on my trailer for a Slipper 17 that I was towing behind a 4 cylinder Volvo. The boat was of similar size and weight to the M17. I bought my brake kit from Eastern marine and it was easy to install and setup. I was much more comfortable towing after installing the brakes. The ones for my Slipper were drum and were still working perfectly when I sold the boat before moving to Germany. The 20 foot pilot house power cruiser I had in Germany weighed about 4,000 pounds on the trailer and I towed it behind a 4 cylinder turbo deised VW mini van. The road from my houise to Keilheim, where I had a slip, was very hilly country and I was so glad to have the 4 wheel trailer brakes; especially on the long winding switchback road down into the Donau (Danube) river valley. I am plannng to put hydraulic surge disc brakes on the trailer for my M17 and have been looking at the hydraulic disc brake kit ($389.95) from eastern marine www.easternmarine.com as well as a dropped axel to put the trailer lower to the road. The kit does require going to 14" wheels which I have already done. Another great accessory I have is a sliding extension tongue. Griselda, my M17, is one of the rare fin keel models and really has to go deep to launch it. I tow with a 2006 Pontiac Torret (Chevy Eqinox twin) with a 3.4 L V6 and 5 speed automatic transmission. The car is rated for 3500 pounds and tows Griselda or my 20 foot pontoon boat at highway speeds over any terrain at the legal speed limit. The pontoon trailer has brakes and I do miss them when towing Griselda. Ron M17, #14, Griselda Lake Livingston, Texas ************************************************
David, I am a sailor at heart and if there had been a decent sailing area near my home in Germany, I would have had a sailboat. The current on the Donau is far too strong for a sailboat or even a very low powered motorboat. The great thing about a cabin cruiser in Europe is all the canals that criscross the continent. From Keilheim, I could go almost anywhere in Germany, Netherlands or France by water. A trip to Wien (Vienna) was three easy days going and four to five coming back against the current. The canals had relatively weak currents but there were time delays waiting for locks. Bullfrog II, my Hardy 20 Pilot, cruised at around 8 knots at 2800 rpm with reasonable fuel consumpion. We really enjoyed the waterway travel but, were glad to get back to sailing when I retired and came home. http://www.boats-for-sale.com/QUFBKzI2N1B+bW1haTAx=-Hardy_Pilot_20.html Ron M17 #14, Griselda Lake Livingston, Texas
From: davidcpatterson@msn.com> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:08:24 -0700> Subject: M_Boats: Trailer brakes> > Ron, thanks for the trailer brake source. I hadn't looked at Eastern> Marine. My trailer already has larger wheels, which will help. I enjoyed> imaging you towing your former boat around Germany. Would you ever take a> sailboat on the Danube? Anyway, I hope sometime I get to see Griselda. May> we cross paths one day. I certainly look with longing at all the fresh and> salt water in you corner of the world. Livingston and Sam Rayburn look huge> compared to the pond I have been sailing in. > David Patterson> Cloud Girl M17 #393> > Dave,> > A few years ago, I installed trailer brakes on my trailer for a Slipper 17> that I was towing behind a 4 cylinder Volvo. The boat was of similar size> and weight to the M17. I bought my brake kit from Eastern marine and it was> easy to install and setup. I was much more comfortable towing after> installing the brakes. The ones for my Slipper were drum and were still> working perfectly when I sold the boat before moving to Germany. The 20> foot pilot house power cruiser I had in Germany weighed about 4,000 pounds> on the trailer and I towed it behind a 4 cylinder turbo deised VW mini van.> The road from my houise to Keilheim, where I had a slip, was very hilly> country and I was so glad to have the 4 wheel trailer brakes; especially on> the long winding switchback road down into the Donau (Danube) river valley. > > I am plannng to put hydraulic surge disc brakes on the trailer for my M17> and have been looking at the hydraulic disc brake kit ($389.95) from eastern> marine www.easternmarine.com as well as a dropped axel to put the trailer> lower to the road. The kit does require going to 14" wheels which I have> already done. Another great accessory I have is a sliding extension tongue.> Griselda, my M17, is one of the rare fin keel models and really has to go> deep to launch it. I tow with a 2006 Pontiac Torret (Chevy Eqinox twin)> with a 3.4 L V6 and 5 speed automatic transmission. The car is rated for> 3500 pounds and tows Griselda or my 20 foot pontoon boat at highway speeds> over any terrain at the legal speed limit. The pontoon trailer has brakes> and I do miss them when towing Griselda.> > Ron > M17, #14, Griselda> Lake Livingston, Texas> > > > ************************************************> > > _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats> > Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!
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