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dubedoo
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Initially Posted - 05/25/2004 :  00:14:05  Show Profile
Haven't been able to keep the boat centered on the trailer when traveling. Will need some trailer bunk adjustment; hopefully just a few shims. Anyone with the water ballast and the Trail Rite trailer as it comes from Catalina experience this?? The boat is centered when loaded but during travel the starboard side shifts up and the port down. It does this consistently even though the stern is strapped to the trailer. The trailer bunk measurements and other dimensions appear to be the same on both sides of the trailer. In the meantime I did widen the center board bunk to insure that the CB doesn't shift off and hit on the trailer axle/frame.

Steve C-250 WB #702


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bear
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Response Posted - 05/25/2004 :  07:53:17  Show Profile
Steve, When I trailer "Brandy" [twice a year] I put a cargo strap with hand ratchet just forward of the cabin top winches and crank it down pretty tight. I believe my Trairite trailer has no washers or shims under the bunkboards. In fact I changed the bunkboards two years ago and added nothing as far as shims. Are you sure the boat is centered on the trailer when out of the water. Sometimes you think the boat is centered on the trailer while in the water and later on discover the trailer was not level in the water. Just my two cents....Wayne Brown...C250 WB #089
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willy
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Response Posted - 05/25/2004 :  09:18:50  Show Profile
Steve,
Wayne has the right idea! I would never rely on gravity alone to keep my boat on an even keel when trailering. Every bump in the road is a potential disaster. I put my cargo strap further back across the cockpit and the boat never shifts position at all once trailered.
Bill
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 05/25/2004 :  10:16:11  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Second Willy, big fat 3-4" ratchet strap across the coamings, as close to the cabin as it will go. (put a rag under it where it goes around edges) Also, a somewhat thinner ratchet strap from one bow cleat under trailer back up to the other one. After the first 50 miles pull over and tweak things down. Never moves

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dubedoo
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Response Posted - 05/25/2004 :  10:41:39  Show Profile
Wayne, Bill, Oscar I also use the strap across the cockpit but have hand tightened it and have not used a ratchet. One indicator of the boat shifting during travel is the centerboard moving from the center of the bunk to the edge of the bunk.

Steve C-250 WB #702
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bren737
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Response Posted - 05/26/2004 :  14:14:02  Show Profile
Steve,

Just a thought, but how are you strapping down the bow? If the stern is cinched down properly but the bow is only secured with the winch strap or even just tied directly from the bow eye bolt to the vertical riser on the winch is mounted, it (the bow) can still 'walk' from side-to-side, especially on bumpy roads.

I secure the boat using the four deck cleats with lines tied securely to the bottom of the trailer frame. Then I run a 'jumper' line athwartships, under the hull, between each bow and each stern line to assure good tension stays on the cleat-to-trailer lines. Been down some pretty bumpy highways and have never experienced the boat shifting. This was the way the rigger and the dealer suggested securing her when I took delivery of her.
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dubedoo
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Response Posted - 05/27/2004 :  00:24:40  Show Profile
Thanks everyone!! You've each given me some proven options to work with.

Steve C-250 WB #702
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