[Rhodes22-list] Launch... and the story of an epic failure

[Lowe, Rob]

I don't know that ramps are rated as far as slope.  There are two at the lake I sail at and are generally thought of as the shallow ramp and the deep ramp.  Anyone with a fin or fixed keel boat have to launch at the deep ramp while us with a swing keel can launch at the shallow ramp.  But even then if the lake is low the shallow ramp becomes a challenge.

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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of Mike Riter <mike at traildesign.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 4:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Launch... and the story of an epic failure

That's a great question Jeff. I'm curious to see what others say.
My ramp (Lake Hartwell, GA) is steep and it holds the trailer at a sharp
angle to the boat. After scraping the bottom of the bow on the metal cross
member of my trailer a few times I installed a second keel roller there to
stop the problem.

Michael Riter
President, Trail Design Specialists, Inc.
Lead Instructor, Trail Master and mechanized training
mike at traildesign.com
678-410-8021



On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 1:57 PM JeffSmith <jeffsmithphoto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Rob,
> It may be my local ramp is on the shallow side... Are ramps categorized in
> any way? Especially the slope?
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> Atlantic Highlands Municpal Harbor
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