Towing a Large Sailboat

[thruska]

[QUOTE=jeagles;2381305]Has anyone tried towing a large (32 ft., x 12 ft. x 12000lbs) sailboat over a long distance? I have a truck with cooling etc. a trailer with brakes on each axle.
How hard is this? How hard is it to get wide load permits? What other issues?[/QUOTE

No one here has lied to you. Some are lucky to not tell horror stories, hehe.
Imo you need a dually and a triaxle to do the job. Or a damn good tandem with overkill axles and tires and good brakes. Not a job for the faint hearted pocketbook. The picnic starts when you load the boat. If its deep draft you need a lowboy to make clearances. You need a well built cradle, very well built . Youmust attach it to your trailer, or fab the cradle as an integral part of the trailer. With 12 ft boat you want a wide trailer for stability.
Ive hauled my 5.5" draft columbia28 on a 5th wheel tandem from nc to al.
It was 8.5 width so no permits. I used a c4500 dually crew 26k gvwr.
There might be a pic in my profile . I have more pics if you are interested.
It took a week round trip. Built cradle on trailer in boatyard.
I'd haul again but i would not prepare a cradle and trailer unless i was well paid to do it. Its really a steel fitters job .
Good luck!

[canyonbat]

Seeing as this thread is still alive, I will add one more thought to the mix. How sure are you that 12,000 lb boat is really 12,000 lbs? It wouldn't surprise me that the boat itself, with gear, weighs closer to 15,000 or even way more. Add another 3,500 for the trailer and you are starting to push the limits on a lot of one ton trucks.

[Oc1]

Pretty much what everybody else has said. The weight is a non issue with the correct truck. I have a 40' toy hauler that weighs 14k with water and no toys. In Az. the non commercial limit is 28k. With a race car in the trailer I'm right there. My Ram 3500 diesel is rated at almost 30k and pulls it easily. Its a gooseneck with triple axles and brakes on all three.
Way scarier was pulling my Catalina 22 fin keel home to Az. from California on a make shift trailer. The center of gravity is super high and with a bumper pull it just feels less stable. I'm sure the bureaucracy for the wide load permits would be a chore. I tow all the time and think I would probably leave a full size boat to the pro's unless I was going a very short distance.
Good luck and let us know what you end up doing and how it turns out.