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Hi everybody, I am still considering to start building an ECO 5.5 sailing version.

I have found out sources for the necessary materials in my country (Austria) and found

that the expected cost doesn't exceed my budget. I have considered tooling, where and when

to build it and several other organizational aspects.

However, I am still worried about one aspect: trailering the boat after the project is finished.?

The ECO designs cannot be taken apart, so the boat must be loaded on the trailer as it floats on the water. The boats' dimensions being 5.5 x 2.5 metres, the trailer will more or less have to match these dimensions. I am already assuming you can use a simple flat top trailer (no specially made boat trailer) but in these dimensions, trailers don't go cheap. I found out that a new trailer would cost somewhere between EUR 3.500 and 5.000. A secondhand trailer can be got for less, but not for that much less.?

Also, I am wondering how to get the bulky and heavy cat (290 kg empty weight) on the trailer.?

You would probably need four very strong men or six ordinary mortals to lift the boat on the trailer by hand.?

If anybody has any experience with this or has already thought it out and found solutions

I would appreciate hearing from him/her.?

Robert