I spoke with the owner (very nice man), and as soon as I was done with all of my final exams I drove two hours which luckily was on the way home. I loved the boat even though there was some work needed (mainly interior), and after paying the wife the money, I attempted to put it on my Jeep that has a 5 inch lift. I sadly found out that the trailer is VERY low to the ground and it wasn't even close to reaching the hitch. Frustrated I went home. A few days later I went to Harbor Freight to see what they had in terms of drop hitches. The first attempt I had a 2 1/2 inch drop so I needed something heavy duty that could really lower the hitch down.
I found an adjustable drop hitch that lowered my hitch 11 inches (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=95991). This made the distance from the hitch to the ground 20 inches. I strongly encourage anyone that looks at a trailer sailboat that they measure the distance that the hitch can go before the back of the trailer hits the ground.
Any ideas for the boat's name?
Even with this drop I still bottomed out while leaving their property, entering and leaving Burger King, and pulling into my driveway. Check out how low to the ground the end of the trailer is.
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