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Trailering a Tiki 26: proper weight distribution?

Trailering my new (to me) Tiki 26 home last weekend behind my 1999 Jeep Cherokee, I could not go over 52 mph without inducing side-to-side oscillations. My guess at the tongue weight was about 100lbs. Does anyone have advice on how to prevent oscillations? I'm a fairly decent sailor on the water, but am realizing that I don't yet have a lot of experience with sailboats on land. Thanks in advance.

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Permalink Reply by guillaume on June 22, 2021 at 2:38am

Hi everyone !

I'am a new users on this amazing forum and i just owned my first boat and as well my first wharram, a tiki 26.

I'am from France and i need to drive it about 600km. For this firstdrive i will rent something to do so but in the future i would be delight to have the right trailer to be free.

I would be delight if anyone can sent me the drawing of this trailer :)

Thanks alot and have fun with your wharram !

Guillaume

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Permalink Reply by Gerhard Scherbaum yesterday

Hey Kim,

the trailerdesign makes so much sence. No need for unload, assemble on the ground, etc...

Can I ask you for the skech up design for this lovely trailer? Would be great

Thanks a lot.

beste regards, Gerhard

kim whitmyre said:

No tongue extension: I did look at getting one for future use. I used a local boatyard to crane Vaea into the water.

The trailer has a new home. . .Bill and Houston Barker convinced me to sell them the trailer so they could pick up a tiki 26 in South Texas and take it home for a refit. Since Vaea is always in the water, I was paying $125 per month to store the trailer. I was still torn, though. It is a great trailer.

Bill actually took the time to draw up a dimensioned plan of the trailer in Google's SketchUp drawing program, and he will freely give a copy of the drawing to anyone. You will just need to download SketchUp (free last I heard) to open the drawing.