Greg: if you bolt a trailer winch to a 2" x 6" x 1' (more or less) and use
short bits of chain and chain hooks to hook the board to the aft end of your
trailer, then a sturdy eyebolt through the sill of your garage into the slab
would allow you to crank the trailer in without attaching the winch to the
garage. Just a thought.
Harry: does the first sentence set a record<G>?
-- dwf
-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory <gkyu@home.com>
To: WWPotter@egroups.com <WWPotter@egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 19:05
Subject: Re: [WWP] Set up poll
>Harry:
>Backing the boat and trailer into the garage is not a easy task. I begin
with
>parking at the curb to remove the mast and hang it on the garage wall
(bicycle
>hooks). If I had sailed in salt water, then I would have to remount the
outboard
>on the transom above a 30-gallon trash-can filled with fresh water to give
it a
>good flush. After the outboard is removed and remounted on the garage
wall, and
>the boat and trailer get a good hosing down, I would back the boat and
trailer
>slowly up the driveway until the wheels are past the incline and are inside
the
>garage (It would be too heavy to push it up the driveway) After putting
blocks on
>the wheels, Steven and I would unhook the trailer. We can't just push the
boat and
>trailer in at that point....we have to pivot the boat by raising the tongue
wheel
>in order to get the highest point (the lip of the sliding hatch) under the
the lips
>of our sliding garage door. Once that is in, we then lower the tongue
wheel so the
>bow pulpit would fit under. Afterall, we only have about 1/8" clearance
from the
>garage door. Now, if my wife and grown daughter are both home, then we
would have
>to move their cars out of the garage and driveway before we start the
process.
>Steven seems to enjoy that part, since that would be his only chance of
driving his
>sister's hot-rod around the block.
>After all that is done, we return the cars to the garage and drive-way, and
remove
>all the gear, dirty dishes, and left-over food from the boat.
>Even though the process seems painful, there are apparent benefits in
having the
>boat inside the garage. I'm not sure what I would do when Steven grows up
and
>moves out....Rosita will have to take up pumping-iron, or I may have to get
myself
>one of those trailer dollies they sell at Harbor Freight.
>I have often questioned my decision in moving up from a P-15 to a HMS-18,
and the
>conclusion I have always come up with is:
>I should have kept both!
>I like your idea about winching the boat into the garage. I will have to
find a
>way of installing the winch.
>Greg
>HMS-18 #63 'Sampan'
>
>hlg@pacbell.net wrote:
>
>> Greg,
>>
>> You've done a good job of describing the most painful part of the
>> process--leaving the house. What takes place at the launch ramp is the
easy
>> part.
>>
>> I finally got rid of an old car that has been in my garage for 4 or 5
>> years, so I'm keeping Manatee in the garage again. That eliminates the
need
>> for removing and installing a tarp and cleaning off the accumulated dirt
>> and the stains from the neighbor's redwood tree. I rigged my old trailer
>> winch to mount on the inside garage door in the back of the garage, so I
>> can winch my trailer and boat from the street into the garage - a process
>> only slightly more difficult than rolling the Apollo-Saturn V from the
>> Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad 39. Well, maybe not so difficult, but I
>> have to keep in mind that if the rig gets away it will roll down the
>> driveway into the street, endangering either my new minivan parked at the
>> curb or an innocent motorist driving by. I move the trailer a foot or two
>> at a time then move the chocks. A safety line attached to the garage
would
>> be a good idea.
>>
>> The combined length of the rope on the garage-mounted winch plus the
strap
>> on the boat trailer winch is almost long enough to reach, with the
trailer
>> at the foot of the driveway. On my two retrievals so far I have connected
>> the two lines via an old bicycle tire, which has worked okay, but I need
to
>> improve on that setup.
>>
>> I can't just back the boat into the garage; the trailer has to go tongue
>> first to avoid blocking the door into the house. Besides I already have a
>> hole in my garage door where the rudder stock penetrated when I misjudged
>> while backing into the driveway.
>>
>> Harry
>> P14 #234, Manatee
>> Mountain View, CA
>>
>> >. . .It usually
>> >takes us over an hour to get the boat out of the garage; remove the mast
from
>> >the garage wall and secure it to the mast carrier; hook up the trailer
to the
>> >truck; check the lights; grease the bearing buddies; load the cooler,
food,
>> >and gear; load the extra jackets my wife insists we take along; fill the
water
>> >bag; wipe up spill from water bag; close and lock cabin hatch; eat
breakfast;
>> >load outboard and gas tanks into truck; wait while Steven eats more
breakfast;
>> >go to the bathroom; check trailer-hitch and mast-carrier; listen to
wife
>> >lecture about being careful, not to get Steven hurt; apply suntan
lotion,etc.;
>> >ask wife if she is sure about not coming along; check hitch connections
again
>> >at wife's insistence; kiss wife good-bye and finally get on the road.
It is a
>> >lot of work.....but once you get the boat launched and the sails
up...it's all
>> >worth it!
>> >Greg Yu
>> >HMS-18 #63 Sampan
>> >Fremont, Ca
>>
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