Hi all,

We have nearly finished the first Aussie BayRaider20 and have been looking at trailers.  The majority of our trailers here in the size we need are suited to 1500kg plus power boats so I am considering a custom build.

I\\\'d appreciate it if any BR20 owners could email me some pics of their trailers and advise what they like/don\\\'t like about them - especially in respect to the launch and retrieval process.   Claus has already informed me that the UK trailers are pretty good so any pictures of these with the boat on and off would be appreciated.  My email is andrew@denmanmarine.com.au

regards,

Andrew

Andrew
This is the Baycruiser 20, but the trailer needs are the same as the BayRaider. It is a standard Bramber Roller Glide trailer. 16 rollers on the main titing units and a single keel roller underneath about 1/4 of the way back from the bow. The rearmost 8 rollers are on a tilting cradle. If you look on the BayCruiser20 link above you should be able to find a video of her being launched abut 10 minutes after this photo was taken. Launching and recovery is simple and a one man operaiton in about 9 inches of water. Originally I tried an aluminium trailer but one of the roller units broke off... twice... so I rather lost confidence in it.

Hello All,

I have just added a video of us recovering the BR20 to you tube.
You can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqkEvpaafXk

Although it is a little hard to see, there was a strong cross current as the tide ebbed. The swinging cradle trailer is superb at handling these conditions.
Matt

I would agree that the low slung lighting board supports are not good. The board on mine is practically invisible. I am plannaing to mount the board just on the transom of the boat next time.

Hi, Graham.

Re: Red diagonals.
When planning my first trip to Greece I found nothing in the guide-lines  that mentioned these boards. I got away with it for three years before being pulled over on the A14 near Senigallia. I was escorted - blue flashing lights and all - on the hard shoulder, rolling through all sorts of junk, for miles to the next turn-off, a service station, where the police literally stood over me while I bought and fitted, not without difficulty, a candy striped board for Four Sisters pointy rear end. I was pretty ticked off at the time but it appears they did me a favour. An Italian friend tells me I was lucky. Usually, he says, they just run you off the Autostrada and give you an on-the-spot fine of a couple of hundred Euros! He also said that many foriegn motorists meeting with on-the-spot fines assume they are being ripped off by a corrupt cop and refuse to pay. This results in arrest, a night in jail and double the fine!

I have a Bramber trailer (the firm\\\'s gone bust now, I believe)and have had similar problems. An extending arm dropped out on its first trip - 60 miles away from Swallow Boats yard - they are now held in place with a short length of string. A mudguard came off after 1,300 miles somewhere on Paxos. (They were only held on with self-tapping screws)
On the plus side Bramber sent a new mudguard to Greece within 3 days of my complaint and the bearings lasted over 20,000 miles (yes that\\\'s 4 noughts) at motorway speeds before one started to grumble.  Many people change their bearings every two years as a matter of course so this, apparently, is good going. Hmmmm. Be pretty rubbish on a Nissan Micra, salt water or no salt water!