here’s a question for any low loader drivers.
most of the boats i see on the way down to spain on low loaders always seem to be loaded backwards i.e. stern towards front of trailer and bow towards back of trailer.
now wouldn’t it be more streamlined and fuel efficient to have them pointing the right way? that is after all the way they are designed to travel in the water 
whenever my dad had his moved it always went on nose first, it suited the trailer as thats the way the special mounts were laid out and it meant it could be further forwards / longer as as the bow rose it cleared the step on the trailer.
Doesn’t help you in the slightest just makes you more confused!
Also the driver had to have a mate with him and could only travel on certain roads at certain times - i assume to do with width? I used to be the drivers mate whilst my dad followed in the car to bring me back.
very quiet for answers so can’t be many boat pullers on here 
it’s all to do with size cynic-al last week i saw a brand new sunseeker on way down to the south coast of spain it was huge! had spare man in cab and ■■■■■■ van as well.
Hi James - I see loads of them on the Santander - Poole crossing, I will ask the question for you next time I see one on there.
thinking logically it would be a lot simpler to load them facing forwards for aerodynamics and all that but…
and this is just my theory,
i have no idea how true this is but i think it might be something to do with weight distribution as to which way it is loaded, as you all know weight is a lot safer if evenly distributed between the various axles and if there is more weight at the front of a boat surely it is safer to have that over the pin than the rear axles (or vice versa) as long as the axle weights arent exceeded (i guess that might be why some have to STGO’d for moving)
i dont know ow true this is but it seems a possible theopry in my eyes,
does anyone else agree
A fully kitted out boat, like a sunseeker will have 2 big engines mounted near the stern, hence yes it could be for weight distribution, also some can carry a few tons o ballast in the keel, again this is normally in the midsection of the hull, things which do weigh a fair amount at the front, such as anchor and chain, will most prob be fitted at delivery point…
So weight distribution = Stern first on the road…
welshboyinspain:
here’s a question for any low loader drivers.
most of the boats i see on the way down to spain on low loaders always seem to be loaded backwards i.e. stern towards front of trailer and bow towards back of trailer.
now wouldn’t it be more streamlined and fuel efficient to have them pointing the right way? that is after all the way they are designed to travel in the water
I regularly see large boats en-route to their final destination, the Fairline factory at Oundle is not far away and at least one driver likes to park up for the night just outside of Cambridge. I have to say that I’ve never seen any of their boats loaded stern first, and these are all escorted on low loader’s. It must be a case of preference, or if the stern gear actually overhangs the trailer, trying to keep things safer, in that a, the stern gear on these gin palaces is quite vulnerable to damage, and, b, it would be quite injurious to say a motor cyclist running into it.
weight distribution depends on the boat type / hull design. The weight has to be balanced to level the boat in the water depending on the hull shape.
A 40ft sports curiser with a pointy front obviously needs more weight at the back but will still only weigh about 7 tonnes so not exactly that heavy.
It’s all about height. You are always up against the height so usually you have the bow over the step. It’s only the smaller boats that go down to southern spain. The bigger flybridge boats go Port Leucate near Perpignan and are launched there and taken under there own power to the final destination.