[Rhodes22-list] Muireann swims!

[Mike Cheung]

Joe,

Our trailers sound similar if not identical.  I'll get a pic once I'm home. 
On our trailer we retract the sliding square tube assembly when loading the
boat on a steep ramp.  The bow of the boat hits the winch just below the rub
rail.  The winch strap is nearly vertical going to the bow eye.  The
retracting bow support would contact the hull just about at or just below
the bow eye and I'd worry that it could hang up.  So I just set the winch
strap length and pull the boat out slowly.  This put the boat right about on
the "sweet spot" on our one and only try so far.  It could be that I
submerged the trailer more than necessary I suppose.  I backed in far enough
that the front of the bunks was just submerged.  There was basically no
resistance to pulling the boat all the way up to the winch.  

Mike C.


Joe Babb wrote:
> 
> Hey Mike,
> Glad you made it into the water.
> Can you send a picture of the bow end of the trailer with the boat on?  
> On our trailer there is a rubber bumber on an
> adjustable tube member.  As it came from the Triad factory, the bumper 
> was very hard and kind of abrasive.  I found one
> at Boater's World that was a lot softer and with minor mods it fit.  
> I'll try to get a picture later today if it will help you any.
> I find that I have to winch the boat up against the bumper prior to 
> hauling out of the water in order for the boat to end up
> in the sweet spot for towing with appropriate tongue weight.
> Joe
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