[Rhodes22-list] placing the boat on trailer

[Rick Lange]

Hi Graham,

Do you have a trailer with a tongue extension?   If so, you should be able
to motor on so the bow hits the fully retracted post at the shallowest of
ramps.  Then when you pull out with a loose strap, the boat will settle
back onto the bunks perfectly.

Regards,

Rick Lange


On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 11:44 AM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> Roger says that placing the boat in the correct location "is an adjustment
> you do once". I can adjust the bow bracket into what would seem to be the
> correct position but have had a devil of a time actually placing the boat
> that far forward. While the boat is still in the water I can draw the bow
> into the bracket but as the boat is drawn out of the water and the stern
> lowers onto the bunk there is enormous pressure exerted onto the hull at
> the forward end of the bunks and as soon as the winch is released the bow
> springs up and away from the bracket.
>
> When I stripped the bottom of paint I found a mass of hairline cracks and
> permanent depressions on either side of the hull where the front posts of
> the bunks are located. That didn't seem right to me and now that it has
> been repaired I am reluctant to risk damaging the hull again.
>
> I only tow my boat a few miles to the ramp and back going a low speed so I
> don't worry about getting the boat forward but if I were to take it on a
> longer trip at highway speeds I would be much more concerned to get the
> boat properly balanced on the trailer.
>
> Others have mentioned the same problem and I am wondering if those who
> have solved this problem might give advice on how they balance the boat on
> the trailer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile 1976 Rhodes 22
> Kingston Ontario
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf
> Of ROGER PIHLAJA
> Sent: Saturday, December 7, 2019 12:06 AM
> To: Dana LeTendre; The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Trailering with outboard
>
> Dana,
>
> How many outboards on power boats do you see being trailered down the
> road?  How many do you see with the outboard removed and secured inside the
> hull?  The Rhodes 22 transom is built like a tank.  Having the rudder and
> motor mounted won’t hurt anything.  As long as the weight of the motor and
> rudder don’t affect the trailer tongue weight too much and cause
> instability on the highway, removing them for trailering is waste of time
> and energy.  Getting the tongue weight correct is simply a matter of moving
> the boat fore and aft on the bunks until at least 10% of the total weight
> is on the tongue.  It’s an adjustment you do once and it’s done.  While it
> doesn’t hurt anything to remove the rudder and motor, there is plenty
> involved with rigging and unrigging the boat without messing around with
> the rudder and motor too.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
>