[Rhodes22-list] New R22 Owner!!

[Slim]

Hank,

OK, thanks for the enlightenment--I've never heard of that before.  I
sometimes launch at some pretty crude ramps and I can envision some
nightmares with this method but if the ramp is in good shape and the guy in
charge has a brain -- Brad? -- I can see it might be OK.

Slim

On 6/7/06 5:24 PM, "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Slim,
> 
> My Islander 36 was launched off of a very large trailer in just this
> manner.  A semi-tractor backs down the ramp as far as possible and then
> disconnects the trailer from the truck and continues backing it down with
> the cable.  It's done very slowly and If one tire hangs it is very obvious
> and you just stop the cable and re-wind.  I was told by the marina operator
> that this is a vey common method in many marinas.  This marina launches and
> recovers hundreds of boats a year, some as big as 45 feet.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On 6/7/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Brad,
>> 
>> I'd be very worried about using a cable instead of the tongue extension to
>> get the trailer out to deep water.  You wouldn't have control over the
>> steering of the trailer while backing in and if you ever did get it to go
>> straight back into the water, it'd be an accident.  Maybe in a perfect
>> world
>> with a perfect ramp, but if one wheel got hung up on a bump or a little
>> hole
>> and the other wheel kept rolling...
>> 
>> The last few times I've used the extension without disconnecting.  I chock
>> the trailer tires and put down the tongue jack.  Then slowly pull out the
>> extension with a helper standing there to pop in the pins as the holes
>> line
>> up.  It goes real quick.
>> 
>> Slim
>> 
>> On 6/6/06 6:56 PM, "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> OK folks, work with me here.  It has been a long time
>>> since I raised the mast on a Rhodes22.  How about
>>> taking Stan's basic system without the hand winch,
>>> just a pole mounted block on the foredeck with a cable
>>> connected to a 12V ATV winch (available at WalMart for
>>> about $80).  Mount the winch on the tongue of the
>>> trailer and power it off the tow vehicle. OR, you
>>> could mount the winch ON the tow vehicle and eliminate
>>> the trailer extension.  Let the trailer drop as far in
>>> the water as you wanted via cable (after raising the
>>> mast) and never worry about the depth of the water at
>>> the launch ramp.  Forgive me if this is buried in the
>>> archives. It would certainly be worth it to me to save
>>> a backache.  You could easily make it remote control
>>> as well. Anyone tried it?
>>> 
>>> Brad
>>> 
>>> --- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Todd Z:
>>>>        Are you saying the newer system is better?  A
>>>> side by side
>>>> comparison?
>>>> Ed K
>>>> Greenville, SC USA
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