This was special watching this as I am looking for a Westray 16 and I lived in Woodbridge for many years with moorings at The Cut and Waldringfield. This is a perfect river for a boat of this type.
Thanks, glad you liked it! It really is a very beautiful river. We are looking for to exploring more of the rivers in the area, but it may be a while before we have a day as good as that one. Mind you, half as good would still be a success!
Thank you for this video. I was about to ask you if you had no problems with the wheel bearing ("sinking" the trailer in the salt water). But you answered the question : you take them off after each sailing, to clean them !🙂
Yes, before we left for Suffolk I cleaned and re-greased the hubs, and I took them off at home after we got back, but I also took the grease gun with us to Suffolk and before we started the journey back I squirted some grease into the hub. The grease that came out of the centre of the cap was clean, a good sign that the grease around the bearings would be ok too. Possibly if you keep the grease in the hubs topped up there is no room for water to get in, but of course it’s still better not to immerse them if you can avoid it!
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Great clip ! Lots of innovative ideas Joel. Keep posting. Waldringfield is lovely spot….happy memories!
Thanks Iain! You’ll have to tell me more about those memories soon! 🙂
This was special watching this as I am looking for a Westray 16 and I lived in Woodbridge for many years with moorings at The Cut and Waldringfield. This is a perfect river for a boat of this type.
Thanks, glad you liked it! It really is a very beautiful river. We are looking for to exploring more of the rivers in the area, but it may be a while before we have a day as good as that one. Mind you, half as good would still be a success!
Thank you for this video. I was about to ask you if you had no problems with the wheel bearing ("sinking" the trailer in the salt water). But you answered the question : you take them off after each sailing, to clean them !🙂
Yes, before we left for Suffolk I cleaned and re-greased the hubs, and I took them off at home after we got back, but I also took the grease gun with us to Suffolk and before we started the journey back I squirted some grease into the hub. The grease that came out of the centre of the cap was clean, a good sign that the grease around the bearings would be ok too. Possibly if you keep the grease in the hubs topped up there is no room for water to get in, but of course it’s still better not to immerse them if you can avoid it!