I live in an apartment overlooking the harbour with no garage and no storage and want to buy a Weta 4.4 Trimaran which folds up into roughly the same space as a Laser (L 4.4m x W 1.7m).

The Weta I'm looking at comes with a road trailer, and while I could park it on the road, I'm concerned about security and damage and I know that it annoys residents who want to park. I also no longer have a car, having sold it as it was gathering dents in the street, and now use Go Get cars which don't have a tow-bar.

I have approached all the nearby sailing clubs (Woollarah, Royal Edwards, Double Bay SC) and they either have no space (I'm on the waiting list) or don't allow boats that aren't in their fleets.

Does anyone have any creative ideas where I can store a boat and launch it?

Half share available to anyone who has a suitable storage/launch site since I race sportsboats from the CYCA/Ransa and the Weta is for fun rather than racing.

More about the Weta here www.wetamarine.com/
Specs here www.wetamarine.com/specifications.html

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try the Gumtree ad.

But it's not just the trailer that has to be stored - I need a parking space or garage for the boat on the trailer near a location (such as Rose Bay) where it can be launched from.

Woollahra do have some vertical dinghy racks in some of the parks near the harbour but they are restricted to 3.5M length and the Weta would be too long.
www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/recreation/boating_facilities/dinghy_storage_facility_locations

Buy a waterfront property at Pott's Point, extend the balcony so it projects over the water and sling the Weta underneath with lowering and hoisting blocks and tackle.

Problem solved.

I bought the Weta (from Melbourne) and it's now "moored" on its trailer the road at Rushcutters Bay - placed strategically opposite a public pontoon which is accessed by a narrow gantry which the Weta just fits through on the trolley. Launching is fairly easy and retrieval is getting better. Have fitted a GPS tracker to the boat so that it will send me an SMS if it's moved.

The NSW regs currently allow you to keep it on the road is it's under 7.5m in length (mine is 5.5M). See the report here http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/boat-trailer-working-group-report-0313.pdf, although this may change and there are some trailers on New Beach Road which are longer than that.

I have asked Sailability if they wanted to use the boat for free in exchange for parking space (the Weta is used by Sailability in the UK www.weta.org.uk/page9.html) but apparently they are looking to buy another Sonar.