Hi Shane, The Careel is supported along its stub keel / skeg for the length of the boat finishing about a meter short of the stern and the side rollers more than adequately support the side / bilge of the boat. She trails behind the car beautifully at highway speeds and I have had no problems with long trips..... it is a Tracer tilt trailer specifically set up for Careel's which is a respected and well known local Australian trailer manufacturer. There is very little pressure on the back of the boat as there is very little weight not having a huge outboard swing off the back like power boats do........ Many thanks for your enquiry, Regards Nick
Hey Mate, I like ur trailer set up. I understand why the rollers are at the front of thr trailer but does it put alot of pressure on the back keel part of the boat with no side brackets there?
Hi Nick, that’s a very nice looking Careel 18. You must have restored the boat? Fantastic job, if so. Could you do a ‘boat tour’ video at some stage? Would like to see the inside of the boat.
Hi Greg, thank you for the compliment, she was a real sow's ear when I bought her 3 years ago which was just to teach my young kids sailing. She inadvertently became a project boat and like most projects 90% done 80% to go. I had the remaining anti fowling soda blasted off last November and over the Christmas break I had her jacked up on blocks to repaint the bottom and re fair the leading edge of the centerplate. I have had to trim 30mm off the mast base during the week as it was corroded and place a 30mm block under the mast base to take up the amount of mast removed. This morning I raised the mast for the first time since trimming and I have at the same time installed new jib sheet track bases to move the jib sheet track from the deck to more inboard on the cabin top which is a popular mod. We are having a 40 plus degree weekend so its too hot to work on her now but maybe this afternoon. Feverishly trying to get through the jobs in time for the NSW State titles in Wangi Wangi on the 22nd and 23rd of this month. 50th anniversary of the class this year. Once these jobs are out of the way I just have to install the curtain track and curtains where I will do a boat tour and if anyone has specific questions I will load specific video's. Kind Regards Nick
Hi Nick, Thanks for the update. She’s an absolute credit to you. Good luck with the State Titles! If she’s not the fastest, don’t worry....I’m sure she will be the prettiest Careel there!
Hi Peter, The Careel is a great little boat with a still active Class association where they sail a NSW, QLD and State Championship, lots of information and help available. Like all boats - horses for courses so I suppose it depends where you plan to sail but the beauty of a trailer sailer is that you can take them anywhere. In the past 18 months I have sailed mine in Sydney Harbour, Pittwater, Port Hacking, Canberra, Port Stephens and Lake Macquarie and I if I had the time I could have done the Marley Point Overnight Race and the upcoming Bay to Bay. It costs me $600 per year in fixed costs for the Careel having it parked in my front yard..... Boat Reg, Trailer Reg and Insurance.... if I had on the water on a mooring it would cost at least $2500... So they are very cheap to run, good sailers and very pretty little boats. I think they would make a great first boat or last boat and everything in between.
@@wilsnich02 thanks for reply and advice, was considering building a pocketship over next few years but the careel would get us on the water earlier. Currently building an easport nesting pram to learn on, taking me a while though. 😊
Hi Errol, My furler is not a store bought system apart from the Dinghy furling drum, but my system is quite common on Careel's. Essentially the forestay is on a swivel at the top and before the swivel the jib halyard goes through a pulley and back down the forestay / luff of the sail attaching at the bottom near the tack of the sail. This allows the jib to be hanked onto the forestay and then the hanked on jib, forestay and halyard can rotate in unison, mine is only a furler and not a reefing furler. IE it is either furled or unfurled ! I am thinking on doing an update on the various parts of my mast raising system, as I get a lot of interest in that, if so I will cover my furler. There are furling systems out there that are similar in function, what you are looking for is a furler where the halyard returns down the luff of the sail and ties off at the tack. Regards Nick PS Tropics are a great little boat...
Hi Shane,
The Careel is supported along its stub keel / skeg for the length of the boat finishing about a meter short of the stern and the side rollers more than adequately support the side / bilge of the boat. She trails behind the car beautifully at highway speeds and I have had no problems with long trips..... it is a Tracer tilt trailer specifically set up for Careel's which is a respected and well known local Australian trailer manufacturer. There is very little pressure on the back of the boat as there is very little weight not having a huge outboard swing off the back like power boats do........ Many thanks for your enquiry, Regards Nick
Thanks..im setting mine up now. Very excited to see it roll off like yours does!
Hey Mate, I like ur trailer set up. I understand why the rollers are at the front of thr trailer but does it put alot of pressure on the back keel part of the boat with no side brackets there?
Hi Nick, that’s a very nice looking Careel 18. You must have restored the boat? Fantastic job, if so. Could you do a ‘boat tour’ video at some stage? Would like to see the inside of the boat.
Hi Greg, thank you for the compliment, she was a real sow's ear when I bought her 3 years ago which was just to teach my young kids sailing.
She inadvertently became a project boat and like most projects 90% done 80% to go. I had the remaining anti fowling soda blasted off last November and over the Christmas break I had her jacked up on blocks to repaint the bottom and re fair the leading edge of the centerplate. I have had to trim 30mm off the mast base during the week as it was corroded and place a 30mm block under the mast base to take up the amount of mast removed. This morning I raised the mast for the first time since trimming and I have at the same time installed new jib sheet track bases to move the jib sheet track from the deck to more inboard on the cabin top which is a popular mod. We are having a 40 plus degree weekend so its too hot to work on her now but maybe this afternoon.
Feverishly trying to get through the jobs in time for the NSW State titles in Wangi Wangi on the 22nd and 23rd of this month. 50th anniversary of the class this year. Once these jobs are out of the way I just have to install the curtain track and curtains where I will do a boat tour and if anyone has specific questions I will load specific video's. Kind Regards Nick
Hi Nick,
Thanks for the update. She’s an absolute credit to you. Good luck with the State Titles! If she’s not the fastest, don’t worry....I’m sure she will be the prettiest Careel there!
how do you find the Careel to live with? Looking for first sailboat for my son and I in a few years
Hi Peter, The Careel is a great little boat with a still active Class association where they sail a NSW, QLD and State Championship, lots of information and help available. Like all boats - horses for courses so I suppose it depends where you plan to sail but the beauty of a trailer sailer is that you can take them anywhere.
In the past 18 months I have sailed mine in Sydney Harbour, Pittwater, Port Hacking, Canberra, Port Stephens and Lake Macquarie and I if I had the time I could have done the Marley Point Overnight Race and the upcoming Bay to Bay.
It costs me $600 per year in fixed costs for the Careel having it parked in my front yard..... Boat Reg, Trailer Reg and Insurance.... if I had on the water on a mooring it would cost at least $2500... So they are very cheap to run, good sailers and very pretty little boats.
I think they would make a great first boat or last boat and everything in between.
@@wilsnich02 thanks for reply and advice, was considering building a pocketship over next few years but the careel would get us on the water earlier. Currently building an easport nesting pram to learn on, taking me a while though. 😊
Hi; I am interested in your furling system. Is it a one-design or off the shelf. I need a similar system for my Tropic 460.
Hi Errol, My furler is not a store bought system apart from the Dinghy furling drum, but my system is quite common on Careel's. Essentially the forestay is on a swivel at the top and before the swivel the jib halyard goes through a pulley and back down the forestay / luff of the sail attaching at the bottom near the tack of the sail. This allows the jib to be hanked onto the forestay and then the hanked on jib, forestay and halyard can rotate in unison, mine is only a furler and not a reefing furler. IE it is either furled or unfurled !
I am thinking on doing an update on the various parts of my mast raising system, as I get a lot of interest in that, if so I will cover my furler.
There are furling systems out there that are similar in function, what you are looking for is a furler where the halyard returns down the luff of the sail and ties off at the tack.
Regards Nick PS Tropics are a great little boat...
@@wilsnich02 Thanks Nick. I will see if I can find a local Careel for a closer look at the system.