TRAILERS!
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:35 pm
After a rough day with my boat I needed some levity.
I got my boat in the water, this was good.
The way my trailer is set-up is BAD!
I got very irritated with myself because I did not work on it more.
It was windy, spitting rain and generally a pain in the butt.
On the good side: The trailer and boat rode great. Extending the tongue, which I practiced in the yard was great. My goal was to move the boat forward 3 inches. Doesn't sound to lofty. Except I should have taken the time to change over to a full bunk system like MArk has.
"SEMPER PARATUS" is something I live by and I felt I fell a lil' short today.
The amazing part of the ordeal was my kids were in the van being good, not driving me crazy, and amongst the cold chest-deep water that I was in, trying to fiddle with all these blocks and get this poor boat in her right place on the trailer, I stopped, looked down the ramp and saw my beautiful little boat floating happily. She took a second to almost smile before I had to yank her and myself back to reality.
The moral of the story is I couldn't get her all the way forward and that itself was frustrating. I may never forget how perfect she looked gently sitting there.
I begin on the bunks tomorrow, if it kills me!
BTW, if you leave the transom straps on a C22 has enough boyancy to lift her trailer and herself! , a rookie mistake that will never happen again.
So heres the levity: In case I or we ever get frustrated with trailers, we can have much sympathy for this guy in OK. http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/21330
I can see it now, "If I can only find a boat ramp."
Notice, no transom straps, lol
Thanks for letting me vent.
I got my boat in the water, this was good.
The way my trailer is set-up is BAD!
I got very irritated with myself because I did not work on it more.
It was windy, spitting rain and generally a pain in the butt.
On the good side: The trailer and boat rode great. Extending the tongue, which I practiced in the yard was great. My goal was to move the boat forward 3 inches. Doesn't sound to lofty. Except I should have taken the time to change over to a full bunk system like MArk has.
"SEMPER PARATUS" is something I live by and I felt I fell a lil' short today.
The amazing part of the ordeal was my kids were in the van being good, not driving me crazy, and amongst the cold chest-deep water that I was in, trying to fiddle with all these blocks and get this poor boat in her right place on the trailer, I stopped, looked down the ramp and saw my beautiful little boat floating happily. She took a second to almost smile before I had to yank her and myself back to reality.
The moral of the story is I couldn't get her all the way forward and that itself was frustrating. I may never forget how perfect she looked gently sitting there.
I begin on the bunks tomorrow, if it kills me!
BTW, if you leave the transom straps on a C22 has enough boyancy to lift her trailer and herself! , a rookie mistake that will never happen again.
So heres the levity: In case I or we ever get frustrated with trailers, we can have much sympathy for this guy in OK. http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/21330
I can see it now, "If I can only find a boat ramp."
Notice, no transom straps, lol
Thanks for letting me vent.