Yes, I did it.
Back up van from Mac fellow was parked by, all gear loaded and Mac hooked to my civic. Towing from storage to ramp (200 yards) gave me initial feeling of civic towing behaviour and boosted my confidence. I received couple of looks and some people stopped to wach the result. Launch was peace of cake as most of people expected, boat did not pull me in the water as other predicted. I had full control of the process. Retrieveing, I was nervous a bit, launch ramp was wet since couple boats were pulled out just before my launch. I took a deep breath, followed my sences and pulled it out quite easy. Only short hold on on clutch until rig started and after that easy poll up the ramp. Couple of wheel spins on wet surface, nothing major.
I launch again, we had a nice day of sailing, light winds, no ballast, we make her go up to 4.5 kt. and than another retreival. This time ramp was dry, no wheel spins, no problems at all.
Verdict, my van is for sale now and my tow vehicle is civic. Towing distance limited to 200 yards.
For those that might follow me, power of the civic is realy close to the limits for retreival on medium steep ramps. Number of ramps I know would be very hard and likely impossible. As I stated previously I attempted this since the ramp I am using is realy long and not steep (what is the word for opposite from steep). I have pictures and video and I will post the link as soon as I set them on our club site.
