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    Talking towing

    Nov 17, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER
    PHOTOGRAPHY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER AND SUPPLIED

    Boat owners can be forgiven for being confused – our existing regulations contain quite a few misalignments. You’d be hard-pressed, for example, to find a vehicle manufacturer that specifies an unbraked towing load greater than 750kg. And yet, as things stand you are permitted to tow an unbraked trailer weighing up to 2,000kg. With what vehicle?

    Riding on an unbraked trailer, even a modestly-sized tinny – loaded with fishing gear, full fuel tanks, water toys, dive tanks, chilly bins and other accessories – will struggle to meet that 750kg tow rating. And it doesn’t take much to push a bigger boat riding on an unbraked trailer over the 2,000kg limit. A visit to any boat ramp proves that many boaties ignore these regulations. Are they all uncaring law-breakers?

    Things become

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