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Any ideas on how to transport the spars with the boat right-side-up on a
trailer?

What I'd like to do is lie the spars on top of the boat, but I want to
avoid having them lie on the coaming, or otherwise putting pressure on one
part of the boat. I was thinking of having a thick foam pad with a cutout
which the spars can rest in. There would be one on the front of the boat
and one on the rear. This would make it so that the spars would not rest
on the coaming, and their weight would be distributed on the area of the
foam pad. Then I just tie them down with the boat. I don't quite know what
material to use or where to get it, but if I browse Home Depot something
might come to me.

Has anyone tried anything like this? Any other ideas?

Charles

P.S. There's a fancy system you can see at

Charles,

I use an arrangement made out of 1" PVC. It looks like a pair of stubby goal
posts.

The front one has one fat leg (3" PVC I think) that was sanded down in
diameter until it fit into the mast step snuggly. The other leg has a "T"
fitting foot that is padded with a piece of foam and rests on the deck. The
spars and goal post both tie down through the halyard fairlead using a
4'long 1" wide webbing strap w/cam.

The rear goal post has a 90 degree foot and looks like a bookend. The foot
is padded with foam pipe insulation. This sits on the deck just behind the
cockpit. It ties to the boat by slipping it under the strap I use to hold
the boat to the trailer. The spars are strapped to this goal post with
another piece of 1" wide webbing strap w/cam.

I have a canvas bag for my spars, but this would work without one as well.

The whole arrangement was cheap to make and took about an hour and a half to
complete. It rides very well and has survived many hundreds of road miles
for over five years now.


Wayne