[Rhodes22-list] Trailer

[Mike Riter]

I 2ND What Peter said

Michael Riter
SV EmmaB




On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 10:50 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
wrote:

> I’ll disagree a bit here.  I never move my ‘bow bumper’.  I’ll put my bow
> as close to it as I can manage while the boat is still in the water.  As
> Charles said, when the boat and trailer are pulled out of the water, the
> space between the ‘bow bumper’ and the boat will increase.  This is
> inevitable, and not necessarily a problem.  Moving the ‘bow bumper’ closer
> to the boat at this point just increases the likelihood of damage to the
> boat in transit.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
> > On Apr 28, 2021, at 10:29 PM, Charles Nieman <blue66corvette at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thomas
> > You float the boat, slide the bow bumper as far forward as possible,
> tighten the boat as far to the front as possible. When you drive out of the
> water, the boat will shift to the stern, so the key is to keep it as close
> to the front as possible. After you get it out of the water, then you slide
> the bow bumper back to the boat to reduce bounce. It’s tricky, and I’ve had
> to retry a few times but it can be done.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > Charles
> >
>
>