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Erik Cornelison
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Initially Posted - 03/26/2018 :  14:16:51  Show Profile
Hey those of you with trailers, how do you tie the boat down to the trailer?

The previous owner uses a big yellow strap that goes around the entire boat around the back by the cockpit, and the bow eye of course is to the trailer winch.

I know on power boats I had a transom eye on each side to attach the strap from boat to trailer, the Catalina has nothing like that.

I just don't like just wrapping a big strap around the boat to keep it from jumping while being towed, but I don't see a strong attachment point for this use.
Erik Cornelison
6th Generation Professional Sailor, First Gen Submarine Sailor.
1986 Standard Rig SW. #5234

WesAllen
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Response Posted - 03/26/2018 :  14:25:26  Show Profile
I use 2 yellow straps. One around the transom as you described and one around the bow near the cleats. This really stiffens up the trailer a lot. I tow mine from MI to FL every year with no problems with this system. Of course I also use the bow eye.
Wesley Allen
"Breaking Wind"
1982 C-25 SR/TR/SK #2773
Hemlock, MI
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/26/2018 :  17:03:50  Show Profile
I snugged the bow into the rubber bow chock with the winch cable and tied a heavy line to the bow cleats and lashed it to the winch stand, as a safety line in case the winch or cable failed. That's all I did.

A sailboat isn't like a planing hull power boat, with a shallow, flattish bottom. A sailboat has a rounded bottom and a keel, and its 5,000 lbs isn't likely to jump high enough to clear the bunks and leave the trailer.

I think the only way it would be likely to fall off the trailer is if the connection between the bow and the trailer winch post failed, or if the trailer itself tipped over. If the trailer tips over, the boat will be a total loss, regardless of whether it's lashed to the trailer or not.

I think it's important to lash down a lighter weight, shallower draft power boat, but I don't see a benefit to lashing down a C25.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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C25BC
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Response Posted - 03/26/2018 :  17:44:30  Show Profile
Big ratchet strap across cockpit, lines up with end of trailer frame and the bow eye .
Angus
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1984 Catalina 25 SK/SR/Trad.
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JB
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Response Posted - 03/28/2018 :  04:34:43  Show Profile
I use a heavy yellow strap over the cockpit, another one over the bow and a piece of chain from the bow eye to the winch, to back up the winch strap. Tedious, but it's not coming off.
1988 C25 Wing Keel Std Rig Tohatsu 9.9 Tiller Steering and 2003 C250 Wing Keel Std Rig Inboard Diesel Wheel Steering
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Lee Panza
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Response Posted - 03/28/2018 :  21:20:21  Show Profile  Visit Lee Panza's Homepage
Here's a thought. You're not strapping the boat to the trailer, you're strapping the trailer to the boat. Whatever forces are going to cause the boat and the trailer to part company, it's the lighter object - the trailer - that needs to be connected to the heavier one - the boat. Keeping this in mind when devising a strapping system, it would seem reasonable to simply secure the trailer to the cleats at the quarters and the bows. Any number of adjustable straps, available at any automobile parts store, should probably be enough I would think. And, of course, securing the bow eye to the winch post. Just a thought - I haven't actually tested it. Yet.
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Lee Panza
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