[Rhodes22-list] Trailer

[Mitch Mitchell]

Makes sense. Thanks!


On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 2:16 AM <cjlowe at sssnet.com> wrote:

> 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
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>  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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