Trying To Get My Trimaran Out Of The Water For The First Time | Ep.139 

Must say that the mast handling set up is genius. 👍

You should always put a twist in your load straps. It stops harmonic flutter caused by the wind. This increases wear to the strap and load. Cheers!

Arrrh, thorght I recognized your boat earlier... took a few hours to click where I knew it from! Passed you this evening near Brownsea island... Grey hulled Trident with a red flag on the mast. Anchored in blood ally. Good to see you out and about brother... take care

Get yourself a long aluminium scaff tube to extend the tow out range .

Time for another video, I'm hoping to be getting a Telstar 28 in the next few days. Thanks for doing the videos they are very informative

I seem to recall that you could get a winch that fitted onto a towbar and connected to the towing socket for power! Or maybe I dreamt that?!

some thinking went into the way the boat folds and the mast drops, very clever and looks easy to do. great update 2x👍

Alex! Just caught you heading past heading to Cowes yesterday morning. Sorry to shout at you lol as going past!

Always blows my mind that you can get this onto a trailer ! Loved the video : )

Two things: That's a fairly long trailer, and you mentioned wanting a way to keep the boat centered during loading. Could you incorporate a couple pairs of bunk rollers set up between the molded portions that you made to keep her on center? In looking at the boat all loaded up, i noticed that the furler just kind of hangs out over Brutus. Aren't you worried about the aluminum profile getting bent while bouncing down the road ... i for one would be cringing at every bump.

no idea how that mast system works but it looks good.

Hi Alex, another great fun video which so much reminds me of what I was (foolishly) doing 30 years ago with boats too big to be trailored! Just a minor comment, but would you be able indicate more clearly what timeline we are viewing? As, we have seen, you have now done great repairs etc over the winter, which presumably was 23/24 but your latest videos relates to 23. Which is a bit confusing as now you are taking the boat out of the water for the first time when I expecting it to be put back in the water for the 2024 season!!

Great Alex agree amazed how you get it on the trailer.

Beastmode engage! Cheers, Alex!

Great vid, Alex. Mingulay is a great looking boat and looks like a lot of fun to sail!!

Love your stuff, but man, the different timelines get me so confused 😂 I don’t follow the other socials, so make do with what I get from here. I’d probably have realised if I paid more attention to detail, but I assumed these past few episodes happened after the refit, which then meant that the refit would haVe been winter 22/23. Only you saying that this was the first time taking her out of the water made me realise I’d got it all wrong 🤦‍♂️ just a month/year in video description would be so useful! Great work, keep em coming

Hi Alex, that’s smart how the outriggers come in like that and the mast system I also think is well thought out. Catch up with you soon, Dave from sunny Mudeford 😂

East head is where I 1st saw you on mingulay!! Prior to you announcing it. What’s your sailing plans this year?

Stop blocking that slipway 😂 Only joking, looks great, glad it went well ❤