[Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer

Tue Nov 17 18:08:50 EST 2009

OK, Rob.  

Sorry, I did not recognize the boat name and speculated that the trailer was a non-Triad.  Centering my former O'Day 222 onto its trailer correctly, even with the keel guides in use, was always a monumental headache.  I would make some simple suggestions for those non-Triad units.  

SOP in loading the R22 onto a Triad is CB down.  The trailer can be too deep on the ramp, ergo keel perched on a keel side rail?  I usually pull the trailer out slowly enough to see if the boat begins to heel when coming up the ramp, backing off and recentering if it does.  My side rails (a custom non-Triad, generous space separating the side rails) have not had this problem with CB down.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Lowe, Rob" <rlowe at vt.edu>
>Sent: Nov 17, 2009 9:02 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer
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>Art,
>You know darn well who Getaway's skipper is!  And yes, the trailer is a Triad.  I like Rummy's "leave the centerboard down when loading" method.  Just have to remember raise and cleat it off after loading. - rob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Arthur H. Czerwonky
>Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:25 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Loading boat on trailer
>
>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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