[Rhodes22-list] Trailer

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

Mitch,
  The bow stopper has to be all the way back so the bow eye doesn't hit
the stopper when pulling out of the water. As you start to  pull the
trailer out of water, the boat is resting on the tip of forward end of
the bunks and the aft end of the boat floats a foot or more above the
back end of bunks. As the boat comes out, it rocks back and the bow of
the boat raises about a foot, if you don't have the stop all the way
back, you will rip off the bow eye pad, or worse.
 I like to have the bow eye pad about two inches forward of the bow for
travel. The boat will rock almost that much in transit and there is no
sense in beating up the bow by putting them tight together.

Jerry Lowe




 If that’s the case what would be the purpose of an adjustable bow
> stopper?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 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
>>>
>>
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