This weekend was time for Ciao Bella to come home. As Julies Astra is too light to tow the Hurley 20 I had to enlist the help of my Brother 'Dave' and his wonderful Sharon. I had to take the trailer up to Bicester, where the previous owner help me drop the mast and lift Ciao Bella off his trailer and drop it onto mine.
Dave arrived about 10am and after making some final adjustments and strapping her down we were on our way.
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The farm was up a track with some of the worst pot holes that I have ever seen, Dave did a great job of negotiating these. I followed in the astra keeping an eye on things, we stopped regularly to check the load but there was no need as it towed beautifully.
We made it home by 2:30pm. The Boat and trailer weigh in at 1300Kg and at a steady 50 mph the Sharon returned 40mpg... Pretty darned good.
Good news!
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Hi Steve, It was an interesting manouver. The chap I bought it off has a garage where he works on Land rovers... He put a strop around her bum, using a piece of wood to spread the strop and stop it crushing the gunwals and lifted the rear with a roof mounted hoist and the front was lifted in a similar way with a fork lift truck. His trailer then rolled out and mine slotted in. How's Papillon coming on?
ReplyDeleteI shall be in Chichester on Friday night, if your around on Saturday it might be nice to catch up.
VW Sharan - the greatest tow vehicle/family car ever produced. The whole combination was as good as gold - and pretty frugal too as Phil reported. Thanks for the adventure Phil and thanks for the dinner JB. ...... Is it a good time to mention the band on Sat night in the Green Man at Wimborne? No - I thought not...
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