Hey Brian,
I just had my boat trucked in we launched on the ramp at my club. It
was a steeper ramp and the guy who hauled my boat had a Hydraulic
trailer and that was effortless. I know people who have put Pearson
30's on trailers from the same ramp but they had substantial vehicle
to pull it.
The mast can be a bear by hand and I really wouldn't do it unless you
have a rig that can lift it out by crank and several hands on deck.
You could do it with two boats parked on either side of you and use
their main halyards around your mast just below the spreaders with
lines led to winches but then you endanger other people, boats and a
whole host of issues. I've seen it done and I looked the other way.
Go to a yard and pay the money to have them at least unstep the mast
then you can deal with trailering on another day.
As for the paint? I used Interlux Brightsides on my last boat, last
August and I prepped, primed and took great care at applying it...
this past winter, where water or ice accumulated in the corners, It
peeled. Wasn't happy at all. My Tartan was painted with Toplac, an
interlux product, by the PO and it seems to have held up a little
better. I'm looking for someone who's also painted with something
and had a good response.
good luck.
C.
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