Re: Pointer to sites with trailer pictures

Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:25:57 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I don't like to depend on just the winch line to hold the boat down on the
trailer. I always use the bow line to tie the bow to the trailer tongue. Of
course I also have a strap over the cockpit area.

Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA

>Dennis,
>
>Makes sense, although it won't go very far with the safety chain. I think I
>will install dual bumpers and put it between them.
>
>Ted
>
>Dennis W. Farrell wrote:
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>> Ted: as a safety precaution, I think it's best to have the bow stop _above_
>> the retrieving line. Reason: in a sudden stop, the boat may try to rise up
>> over the roller and slide forward. If the retrieving line is _under_ the
>> roller, the boat can't rise. Better: put a hold-down from the bow eye
>> tending down and aft to the trailer.
>>
>> -- dwf
>> "In a power boat, you get there in a hurry, in a sailboat, you are already
>> there" V-17 #36; M-15 #189; P-15 #1086 "PELICAN" - Ridgecrest, CA
>>