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Topic: Picture of launch ramp - new club
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whited
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posted September 10, 2005 07:50 PM
 
This is the launch ramp at the 'Halifax Dartmouth Powerboat Club' on Porter's Lake.
It might be tricky backing the trailer wheels straight and on the concrete tracks.
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Eric
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posted September 12, 2005 06:54 PM
 
Agreed about the ramp Don. You'll likely need someone to guide you. The other problem I see will be in retrieving. Most power boaters have hull guides on their trailers, and power the boat back onto the trailer, which is what I invision happening here. The dock is too far away to walk the boat onto the trailer, without getting your feet wet!
Good looking spot otherwise.
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SuperPiper
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posted September 13, 2005 06:13 AM
Hull guides?What are hull guides? Is there an equivalent for a sailboat trailer? IP: 199.243.115.165 |
Eric
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posted September 13, 2005 07:28 AM
AKA "Goalposts". The PBers have either goalposts or horizontal guides at the aft end of the trailer.
Fishing boats are basically square at the aft end. I've thought about adding goalposts to my trailer. I would have to install them close to the trailer wheels, as the widest part of the Sandpiper is almost midship.
I'll look for some pics.
Eric[This message has been edited by Eric (edited September 13, 2005).] IP: 130.63.85.93 |
Darcy
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posted September 13, 2005 09:02 AM
Shortwave's trailer has removable hull guides. They really help you line up the boat when the trailer is under the water.D'Arcy, Shortwave IP: 67.70.85.97 |
Tom D. Cl16
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posted September 13, 2005 04:37 PM
I have added goalposts to my trailer for a CL16. I used angle iron bolted to the frame and for the uprights I added PVC pipes over the uprights with strips of red reflector tape. I sail alone most of the time and it helps keep the boat aligned while cranking it up onto the trailor. It also keeps the boat from drifting off to the side if I have to move the trailer deeper. As noted above they are mounted near the axel.
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Darcy
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posted September 13, 2005 05:01 PM
You can see our hull guide posts on the back of the trailer in this photo.
They're made of ABS plumbing pipe bolted to the back of the trailer. We can add additional 4 foot extension pieces to the tops to bring them right up to deck level. The extensions have red and white reflector tape on them like Tom D's arrangement. We rarely use the extensions though because the guides as you see them in the photo are quite visible above the water when the trailer is in the lake. D'Arcy, Shortwave
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Michel
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posted September 14, 2005 08:51 AM
I installed guides this way
 Mari-Bell has no choice but to behave and be well centered on the trailer. ;-) IP: 70.50.124.229 |
SuperPiper
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posted September 15, 2005 04:20 AM
All this talk about trailers and hull guides has me looking and thinking. There is a Melges 24 in the Cobourg Yacht Club. Its trailer has 2 bunks that run side-to-side and not parallel to the centreline. These bunks are cut to the exact shape of the hull. The boat absolutely has to cradle into the correct position. The ULTIMATE hull guides.I may try to intall 1 bunk along a crosser about 1/3 of the length back from the bow roller. If the boat was on the bunk AND against the bow roller. It would have to be centred on the trailer. - a cardboard template
- fibreglassed plywood
- carpet
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