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At 05:11 PM 02/15/2000 +0800, you wrote:
> >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.
> >YOU NEVER HAVE TO GET YOUR WHEEL HUBS ON YOUR TRAILER WET...EVER!!!
>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.
This has been my experience also. The tilt mechanism just doesn't seem to
add a heck of a lot to the launch process and has been pretty much
irrelevant to retrieval.
I'd like to hear from any 19 owner who has found him or herself able to use
a tilt trailer to good effect.
Tim Spofford
P-19 #611
Kirkland, Washington
http://spof.org
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