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Ray Seitz
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Initially Posted - 11/10/2003 :  20:27:03  Show Profile
A friend of mine (with a runabout) pointed out today that his owners manual says to back off on the tie down straps for winter storage on the trailer. Just got through The 250 manual and they might have left that chapter out. What do you Captians do?
In the Garage-Near Lake Erie, Marblehead, OH
C250 WB Sea Major #628
Edited by - Ray Seitz on 11/10/2003 20:35:24

Oscar
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Response Posted - 11/10/2003 :  20:56:19  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
I take them off all the way when not actually trailering. They are ribbon straps with ratchets, and the steel hooks create nasty corrosion when left on stainless cleats etc. too long. (The plastic on the hooks has worn through.) The only strap from trailer to trailer is over the cockpit and that one is in the way when working on the boat.

In: "Boat trailers and tow vehicles - a users guide" Steve Henkel writes:

"For winter layup ease tie downs to help eliminate hull stains and distortions."

Oscar
250WB#618 Lady Kay on the Chesapeake
Edited by - Oscar on 11/10/2003 20:57:59
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bren737
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Response Posted - 11/10/2003 :  21:18:55  Show Profile
Ray,

I "dry-slip" my boat on her trailer. Once I recover her to her trailer and have her parked in her 'slip' I ease off the winch strap to relieve the tension. When I get ready to launch her again, I tighten the strap again. Similarly, being a WB, when I get her to her 'slip', I ease off the centerboard line and allow the board to rest on the 'bunk board' on the trailor. It seems like I recall seeing it suggested somewhere to do that with the centerboard line to relieve the pressure on the line when 'on the hard'.
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Ray Seitz
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Response Posted - 11/11/2003 :  06:56:08  Show Profile
Thanks. Looks like a road trip, because I neglected to loosen the tie downs.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I ease off the centerboard line and allow the board to rest on the 'bunk board' on the trailor.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Me too.
Edited by - Ray Seitz on 11/11/2003 06:57:22
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