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>Ted!!!!
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>if you are not tilting you are missing out on a great launch retrieval
>experience. Mr. Harry Gordon (harry are you listening?) taught me online.
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>YOU NEVER HAVE TO GET YOUR WHEEL HUBS ON YOUR TRAILER WET...EVER!!!
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>simply back the boat up until the hubs are just above water. make sure the
>rudder isn't on the transom and the motor is up. pull the pin on the tilt
>mechanism, remove the winch line from the bow eye, give the bow a push.
>the bow will lift in the air and the trailer will hinge in the middle, and
>the boat will slide right off into the water.
Of course, Ted's boat weighs at least 3 times what yours does :) I have the
tilt trailer and while allowing it to tilt helps, I don't find it >that< useful,
and the single-point-of-failure aspect of the system scares me.
Hey Ken, lets go sailing this weekend.
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