The old trailer has had its day. It was too hard to get the launching trolley on and off the road base, leading to lots of extra stress. The downside is the cost – the trailer is worth (a lot) more than the boat!

Anyway, I ordered a combi trailer from Mersea Trailers. They’d got aluminium launch trolleys for the same price as a steel version. I rang up to check and they said that wasn’t correct but they’d honour the price. They aren’t close so it took a good few months to arrive – we had to wait for a lorry coming in the right direction. It arrived before we needed the boat anyway.