[Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer

[R22RumRunner at aol.com]

Art,
Triad was not the only manufacturer for General Boats. Many, including mine 
 were made by Trailmaster. Same Rhodes bunk configuration.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 11/17/2009 6:09:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
czerwonky at earthlink.net writes:

OK,  Rob.  

Sorry, I did not recognize the boat name and speculated  that the trailer 
was a non-Triad.  Centering my former O'Day 222 onto its  trailer correctly, 
even with the keel guides in use, was always a monumental  headache.  I 
would make some simple suggestions for those non-Triad  units.  

SOP in loading the R22 onto a Triad is CB down.  The  trailer can be too 
deep on the ramp, ergo keel perched on a keel side  rail?  I usually pull the 
trailer out slowly enough to see if the boat  begins to heel when coming up 
the ramp, backing off and recentering if it  does.  My side rails (a custom 
non-Triad, generous space separating the  side rails) have not had this 
problem with CB  down.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Lowe, Rob"  <rlowe at vt.edu>
>Sent: Nov 17, 2009 9:02 AM
>To: The Rhodes  22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re:  [Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer
>
>Art,
>You know  darn well who Getaway's skipper is!  And yes, the trailer is a  
Triad.  I like Rummy's "leave the centerboard down when loading"  method.  
Just have to remember raise and cleat it off after loading. -  rob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org 
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of Arthur H. Czerwonky
>Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:25  PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list]  Loading boat on trailer
>
>Pray tell, who is the skipper of  Getaway?
>
>Next question - Is your trailer a Triad?  I am  guessing not.  Not an 
unusual problem and not a terribly difficule  solution if it is not.
>
>I will await your  response.
>
>Art
>s/v Mary Jane
>
>-----Original  Message-----
>>From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
>>Sent: Nov 16,  2009 12:22 PM
>>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>Subject:  Re: [Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer
>>
>>This is an  easy one. My guess is that you tried placing the Rhodes on 
the   
>>trailer with the centerboard raised, a mistake many people make.  Leave 
the  
>>centerboard all the way down and the guides on the  trailer will center 
the 
>>hull  just fine. Just make sure that  once on the trailer you pull the 
>>centerboard line  tight and  cleat off. Otherwise if you try to launch, 
the 
>>centerboard will  get  hung up and push the centerboard cap upwards, 
breaking it into  
>>many  pieces.
>> 
>>Rummy
>>  
>> 
>>In a message dated 11/16/2009 11:34:38 A.M. Eastern  Standard Time,  
>>rlowe at vt.edu  writes:
>>
>>We  pulled Getaway this weekend, had to  take advantage of the 70 degree 
day 
>>as we  only had two weeks  left to get her out of the water.  Had a heck 
of 
>>a  time  getting her centered on the trailer.  The keel kept landing on 
top   
>>of the lower guide bunks and when I started pulling the trailer  the boat 
>>would  lean over to the side as the keel settled on  the bunk.  A fellow 
sailor  
>>that was observing suggest  the swing keel could be hung up and catching 
so  
>>donned swim  mast and dove under water to check (glad the lake was still  
 
>>relatively warm!).  Swing keel was fine.  Finally got  her centered  
enough to 
>>come out straight.   Questions.  Does anyone use some sort  of guides on 
the  
>>trailer to aid in centering the boat?  My other thought   is I replaced 
the 
>>all the wood on my trailer last year and perhaps  I got the  slot between 
them 
>>too narrow.  But I thought  the guides would center the  boat on the 
>>trailer.  Guess  I had the trailer in the water too far?   How far do you 
all  
>>submerge your trailer?!
>>I have to about  submerge  the top bunks so that I can winch the boat far 
>>enough forward on  the  trailer.  Any feedback welcome. -  rob
>>
>>S/V Getaway
>>1976 Rhodes   22
>>
>>
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