[Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Pray tell, who is the skipper of Getaway?

Next question - Is your trailer a Triad?  I am guessing not.  Not an unusual problem and not a terribly difficule solution if it is not.

I will await your response.

Art
s/v Mary Jane

-----Original Message-----
>From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
>Sent: Nov 16, 2009 12:22 PM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer
>
>This is an easy one. My guess is that you tried placing the Rhodes on the  
>trailer with the centerboard raised, a mistake many people make. Leave the  
>centerboard all the way down and the guides on the trailer will center the 
>hull  just fine. Just make sure that once on the trailer you pull the 
>centerboard line  tight and cleat off. Otherwise if you try to launch, the 
>centerboard will get  hung up and push the centerboard cap upwards, breaking it into 
>many  pieces.
> 
>Rummy
> 
> 
>In a message dated 11/16/2009 11:34:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>rlowe at vt.edu writes:
>
>We  pulled Getaway this weekend, had to take advantage of the 70 degree day 
>as we  only had two weeks left to get her out of the water.  Had a heck of 
>a  time getting her centered on the trailer.  The keel kept landing on top  
>of the lower guide bunks and when I started pulling the trailer the boat 
>would  lean over to the side as the keel settled on the bunk.  A fellow sailor  
>that was observing suggest the swing keel could be hung up and catching so  
>donned swim mast and dove under water to check (glad the lake was still  
>relatively warm!).  Swing keel was fine.  Finally got her centered  enough to 
>come out straight.  Questions.  Does anyone use some sort  of guides on the 
>trailer to aid in centering the boat?  My other thought  is I replaced the 
>all the wood on my trailer last year and perhaps I got the  slot between them 
>too narrow.  But I thought the guides would center the  boat on the 
>trailer.  Guess I had the trailer in the water too far?   How far do you all 
>submerge your trailer?!
>I have to about  submerge the top bunks so that I can winch the boat far 
>enough forward on the  trailer.  Any feedback welcome. - rob
>
>S/V Getaway
>1976 Rhodes  22
>
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