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Chris Z
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Initially Posted - 07/15/2010 :  17:28:40  Show Profile  Visit Chris Z's Homepage
I have a C25 swing keel on a tandem axle trailer with rollers. The ramp at our marina is quite steep. When I launch at this ramp the boat get stuck on the front roller as I go further into the water. It puts such stress and weight that it has actually broken away some of the gelcoat. This area has been repaired in the past by the prior owner. I feel he encountered the same issue. I have thought of not going in as far and letting the boat just roll on the rollers into the water. The ramp is deep enough to do it this way. I feel this will work for launching, however I am not sure this can be done on retrieval. I haven't had this problem on other ramps that are made for power boats. Our ramp has been made so deep for launching keel boats on either bunk trailers or on a cradle. They use a special trailer to pick up the cradle and launch it like a trailer. We have a Catalina 340 that is launched this way.

I would like to know if anyone else has had run into this problem and have any suggestions?
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 07/15/2010 :  17:51:43  Show Profile
Put some slack in the winch line and the boat should slide off the rollers as the stern lifts. Note how much strap is out when it floats off and don't winch it in any farther on retrieval until you pull out.
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Response Posted - 07/15/2010 :  19:49:56  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dave5041</i>
<br />Put some slack in the winch line and the boat should slide off the rollers as the stern lifts. Note how much strap is out when it floats off and don't winch it in any farther on retrieval until you pull out.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Agreed, but you should consider using a safety chain as a back-up . . . just in case some part of the winch should fail - mid ramp
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