I waited to check on this visually before posting, and....
Mine is the little trailer that came with the P-19 in 1988.
It even has "West Wight Potter" on it. Two large bunks make
up the aft half+ of the trailer, there's one single roller
(that I'm going to have to replace, it's getting chewed)
forward of the bunks, and there's a pair of tilt bunks
(~1.5' long) at the very end of the trailer, just to either
side of the keel. All this is on the tilt part of the
trailer. The boat rests entirely on the two main bunks,
and the forward "roller" as far as I can tell. The only
roller on my trailer is that single forward one.
Dream Catcher has lived on the trailer quite a bit, and the
hull shows no evidence of denting so far. The first owner
kept her in the water, the second trailered her all over
the place, and she's lived on the trailer since I got her,
but only when she's not been out sailing. ;-)
Bill B.
P-19 #454 Dream Catcher
Nampa, ID
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> If I read between the lines correctly, you all have rollers and not bunks.
>
> Maybe I have been backing into the water too far, I'll try next time as the
> water won't be warm enough for comfortable wading in Minnesota. Its my
> recollection that the bunks once dry stick to the hull and don't slide
> anywhere. I have always had to float the boat off (submerged hubs and all).
> I have seen some kits that convert bunks to rollers, but have also heard
> that bunks are best for boats that live on the trailer most of the time,
> especially with lighter weight hulls.
>
> So do tell. Do you have rollers? If so, are you leery of "denting" your hull
> by leaving the boat on the trailer 99.9% of the time?
>
> Mike Calva
> "Panacea" P19 #719