Can you tow a 5 metre boat to Cape York

Hi Phil,

If you are talking about staying around the Seisia area then there are no problems with launching your 5 metre boats as there is an easy ramp right beside the main jetty.

If you are staying at Loyalty Beach just to the North of Seisia there is a beach access type of ramp that you could get your boats in and out of the water but only on high tide as it is shallow and dries out as the tide goes down.

For most other parts of the cape except for developed areas like Weipa, Lockhart River etc you will be limited to launching straight off the beach so be careful and take some precautions such as carrying maxtrax or even extendable drawbars can be good solutions to launching in flat areas where there are big tides.

My next trip up the cape will also be with a 5 metre boat as it is big enough to get out into the Torres Strait safely but not too big to be pain on the miles of corrugations getting it up there. Deeper sides compared to some of the 3.5m boats I see getting around up there are the best deterrent for crocs too.

You will have a ball.

Brett

G'day Phil,

Make sure that the trailers are up to the task! The corrugations are tough on gear and when you load those boats with everything imaginable it will be heavier than normal. These extra weights can make the suspension work much harder than normal.

Kind regards

You can put a boat in at Jacky Jacky Cr and get out to the Escape River. Need a long tow rope to get it out at low tide though.

The ramp is out past the Air Port.

Should be no problems if you used the development road

Keep a sharp lookout for the green snappers there getting quite dangerous

There was a resident croc at the Sesia boat ramp not so long ago

Lots of camper trailers are coming out with shocks these days to help them cope better off road it might even be worth considering them so they absorb some of the punishment instead of the boat and trailer copping the lot. Only down fall to shocks could be when you dunk them in salt water but a good wash would probably help.