Trailering 1/2 Mile, how much can I leave setup?

It is only 1/2 mile between my house and lake boat launch ramp. My goal is to reduce on site setup as much as possible - quick onto the water.

Would there be a problem with keeping the 3 pieces of the mast assembled? I'm wondering if there is a way to work with the battens to roll the sail around the mast and keep it on there for a quick drop in.

My concern is maybe bending something on the mast making future assembly difficult, but well supported and driven gently it seems it will probably be alright.

I see I can also leave the vang setup on the mast and I think the cunningham line could get wrapped up with the sail as well.

If I find a good way to attach the boom to the mast for the short trip, it may also be possible to keep the main sheet attached.

Does that sound crazy?

Are there any other tricks for quick setup?

Hi Jeff, I think this will be an interesting thread... thanks for asking.
One of the most important parts of these old hulls is the mast step.
Even if it has been reenforced I don't think I would do anything to unduly overstress that area. I would think that trailering with the mast up would put unnatural stresses on the mast step. You may have been thinking just the mast parts together, horizontal on the trailer? same thoughts apply regarding unnatural stresses. At the regattas I see many have their own techniques for stowing and reinstalling sails and hardware - that I too would like to read about so again, thanks for the thread. Have a great 2020 sailing season.
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So thinking about what I would do. I would leave the battens in the sail and roll the sail up by folding it in half from the top keeping the battens parallel. Then roll from the middle down to foot. I would store this on the boat with a couple of ties. I would have the boom on the deck with the mainsheet attached. just pull the main in tight enough to hold the boom in place. Maybe a couple of pieces of padding under the boom and a couple of bungees to keep it from moving around. I would put the top and middle sections together and tape them together with electrical tape. Then store this and the lower section with the boom with a couple of bungees. Keep in mind that the plastic fittings on the mast can break easily from banging around. As far as the vang and other control lines I would just attach these when setting up.

Thanks Rob and Chris both for the ideas. Yes, to be clear, I would not leave the mast in the mast step, I would instead leave the mast together and add a mast cradle at the front of trailer, and have at least one mast support, at the rear of boat.

The mast would travel more or less horizontally.

I feel trailering it like that will break the plastic collars. I would just put it together when you get there. Not really saving that much time.

I'll look at the collars, thanks. I didn't mention before but I have a problem (hopefully temporary) with one hand that makes twisting these together difficult, so that too!
Thanks for the feedback, taking it all in!