[Rhodes22-list] Slim's new trailer

[ed kroposki]

Slim:
	Why is the season over?  

	Rummy said he is pulling his boat out next week.  Did you get the
idea that he was putting his boat away for the winter?  That will be a new
trick if he is.

	Some of us sail all year round on Lake Hartwell. In fact, you might
relate to the cooler temperatures better than us.  Now that you have a
trailer that works, see America!  Sail America!  Come to South Carolina.  

	I think that Rummy might just be getting his boat spruced up for the
Christmas parade to the dam, a showy event in these parts.

	Come on down!

Ed K 

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Steve Alm
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 3:57 AM
To: Rhodes
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] My new trailer

We pulled Fandango out for the season today.  The haul out went fine but the
big news is that it was the first time I put the boat on my newly rebuilt
trailer with its new second axle.  I'm happy to report it tracks like a
dream come true!  We didn't get up to any highway speeds but at 45 mph I
could easily tell how stable it was.  Before, with only one axle, we were
having lots of trouble getting the boat far enough forward to get enough
tongue weight.  We had to remove the outboard and rudder assembly and move
onboard gear forward.  Without doing all that, we'd fishtail at 40 mph.
Today we left the motor and rudder where they belong, didn't move any gear
forward, no backing in and out of the water at the ramp trying to jockey the
boat forward, no fuss, no muss--we just loaded her up and off we went.

Not only that, but I also added electric breaks and they work great.  I can
adjust the breaking power from the driver's seat and set it so I can just
tap my breaks and stop as if there's no trailer at all.  With my 3/4 ton
Ford E250 I hardly knew I was pulling or stopping anything.  Yay!!!

Next to the boat itself, this was the best fortune I ever spent.  I sang
hundreds of songs to pay for this, but I finally have a boat I can trailer.
8-)

Life is good.  Too bad the season's over!

Slim

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