Another trailering question

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searayjay

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I posted a question earlier about loading/unloading my 240 searay with bunk trailer as this the first year I don't have a slip and need to trailer my boat to the St. Croix river( about (10 miles).
I successfully launched and retrieved it a few times alone with minor issues- thanks for all the information.
However, everytime I have loaded the boat back on the trailer, despite winching the bow up into the front runner roller, when I pull the boat out of the water and onto flat ground, the bow is back from the front roller stop by an inch or so- Is this oK or anI doing something wrong?
 
Winch strap or cable? Webbing tends to stretch a bit.
Accellorate and slam on the brakes. Should give you enough to move the boat forward to re-tighten the winch.
 
Are you sure the wench ratchets are catching? I've never seen a strap stretch that much.
 
With a 10 mile trip I wouldn't worry about it as long as the boat is secured. I keep at least that much space between my bows (catamaran) and the stop on our trailer when we tow 1,000 miles from MD to FL.
 
Thanks. I feel better about having an inch between bow and stop.
The rachet is for sure locked in. I think the issue is angle of the boat relative to trailer when it is just floating enough to allow me to winch it onto trailer. then when out of water and completely on the bunks it separates the bow from rubber stop.
I'm not going to worry about it. The boat is strapped on both transom eyes to trailer and another extra rachet strap on bow eye to trailer and winch strap and safety cable
 
If you need it tight, do as steve suggests. I have a 240 and does the same thing. I have a 10,000 lb trailer and it flexes going down the road. All trailers flex. It might be better that it stretches a bit. A flexing trailer puts an awful lot of strain on the bow eye if it's hard against the bow roller.
 
Like the earlier post said, hit the brakes hard while the bunks are wet and usually it will slide forward. If it doesn't, don't worry about it. Our launch ramp is too steep and it does the same thing.
Jim
 
If I back my trailer too far/deep in the water, I'd get the same result as you describe, about an inch from the bow stop and boat is not sit center on the trailer after pulled it up at the tie down area.
 
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