trailering the adventure island

i currently have an outback which i trailer on a trailex single kayak trailer. i am contemplating the purchase of an adventure island and would like to use this trailer with it. do i need any modifications to the trailer to accomodate the amas? can i trailer the AI safely with the amas simply folded in and secured? will the jiggling, etc. of road travel cause undo wear to the various joints involved.
appreciate the help.

There are many ways to carry an AI on a trailer. I think the best way is to buy the Hobie cradles designed for carrying the AI. With these you can fold your amas in and carry the boat assembled without any problems.

I don't know which Trailex triler you have but you need 54 or 57 inches between the cross bars to carry the AI in the recommended fashion. If you do a search you can find the recommended distance.

Someone I know bought a short Trailex trailer and it was very sub-optimal for his AI.

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Jerry D.
St. Johns, Florida
2010 TI
2008 AI

The Hobie Cat cradles work great. They offer plenty of support to the boat so there is very little to no jiggling when on the road. We recommend that the crossbars are 67" apart, but there can be a couple inches of leeway here. All three of our cradles use the same distance so that one trailer can carry two different models.

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Brendan Castile

G'day Wal, Ive been there done that, bought AI cradles and moded the 4m boat trailer, cradles $400 AUST a bit cheaper in the U.S, or you can make then as youngfisho's father did.

Get on to yakass and have a look at my steup, you will have to join to see the pix, it's free, all info there. Just be carefull of state over hang laws for trailers, ours is 1.2m.

http://yakass.net/forums/adventure-isla ... ilers.html

I hope this helps. Cheers, XD.

We have a pair of AI's on a trailer w/the Hobie racks, and they do provide great support. The boats live on the trailer and I have not seen any hull deformation. They live in the shade.

I wouldn't worry too much about jiggling around during transportation. As long as you support and secure the boat reasonably well, any forces on it will be far less than it endures when sailing hard. The main things to watch out for are chafe/wear on the hulls and deformation from improper support and/or heat.