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britinusa
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Initially Posted - 05/20/2006 :  07:12:57  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Each time we bring JD back to the slip (the grassy area at the side of the house) we wash her down. I have noticed several very thin scratches on the hull side around and below the striping. Could not figure out when we did that!
We are really careful upon arriving at the ramps/slips, and always put fenders out.

Finally figured it out this past weekend.... it's the trailer guide posts!
When the trailer is in the water, the top of the guide posts scratch the hull! So far we have several 'dings' in the striping and a barely visible scratch along the hull lower down. That lower one occured after we used a particularly steep (therefore deep) ramp.

I'll buy a pair of 10' PVC pipes this week and replace the shorter ones, that way the guide posts will only touch the rubbing strake.

May have to put a restrainer on the guide posts for trailering so they don't flop around.

I think we'll have to replace the stripping. The lower most recent scratch is barely visible, I'm guessing a wax job will fix that.

So, be warned, if your guide posts are too short.

Paul
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Response Posted - 05/20/2006 :  07:22:30  Show Profile
Good tip Paul, I had 8 foot post on my old Macgregor, they did'nt flop around much while trailering. I'm toying with adding post to my 250 trailer even though I have the wing keel guide built in.
Edited by - Tom Potter on 05/20/2006 07:23:09
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Response Posted - 05/27/2006 :  16:10:44  Show Profile

We found putting a couple old socks over each of the posts gave enough padding to prevent scratching. And they can be easily placed and removed so you don't look too seedy going down the road.

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 05/27/2006 :  16:57:14  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Ha! This is Florida... they(socks) would most likely be those socks with the frilly lace.
Of course, it would help locate the trailer in the Wynn Dixie parking lot.
(all the colored tennis balls, silk butterflies, etc. adorning the car antennas might confuse things

Paul
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