Friday, October 28, 2011

Bow Stop Dilemma

I've had problems getting my Land N Sea up to the bow stop when retrieving.

When cranking the boat up on the trailer, the bow hits the stop and stops. Then when the trailer is pulled forward up the ramp, the back of the boat settles on the bunks and the bow comes up and away from the stop. There's no way, even with a 2 speed winch, to move the boat forward on the trailer while it's out of the water. I've driven it over a thousand miles this way so it isn't really a problem, but just the same...

So I made a pulley for the bow eye which doubles my winch effort.




I was able to budge the boat forward using the pulley, but while messing with this system I lost contril of the handle and it spun, whacking the daylights out of the back of my hand. Making the bunks slipperier might be a solution, but I kind of like the way she sticks on the trailer for safety reasons.

I think tho',  that with the mechanical advantage gained by the pulley AND replacing the bow stop with a bow roller, that I'll be able to crank the bow up to where it needs to be while the boat is in the water being loaded.



It's nice having the equipment to 'resize' the roller to fit the existing bracket.

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