[Rhodes22-list] Need trailering advice

[Bob Garrant]

Peter,
Thanks for the tips. I’ll run my trailer over to have it checked out as
well.
Much appreciated
Bob Garrant
s/v Sail la Vie 2000/2017

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:52 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
wrote:

> I don't have a checklist, but here are some things I do:
>
> 1) I take the trailer to a trailer shop pretty much every year for a
> thorough going over.  This is not cheap, but I'm kind of paranoid about
> this.
>
> 2) Before any trips, I take the boat and trailer out for a 'test run' of
> at least 15 minutes.  Then I carefully use my fingers to check the
> temperature of each wheel hub.  If any are hot, go back to step 1.  Hot
> means you can't keep your fingers on the hub.  Warm is OK.
>
> 3) Inside the boat, I haven't found the need to do very much to secure
> stuff.  Things will get bounced around some, but not too severely.
>
> > On 2021-06-28, at 15:56:55 EDT, mm.bizlist1 at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am a new Rhodie preparing to take my Rhodes on the road for the first
> time
> > solo next month.  I'd greatly appreciate your advice about best
> practices and
> > precautions for securing the boat for travel.  Has anyone developed a
> checklist
> > for that?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you in advance!
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike McKay
> >
> > s/v Liber 2006/2018
> >
> >
> >   _____
> >
>
>