launching

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launching

Postby captain charlie on Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:33 pm

I recently went to a lake in central Arkansas for a beautiful fall day of sailing. To my dismay, I couldn't launch - the ramp was too shallow to get the boat in the water without flooding the back compartment (which I did once before) of my minivan. Ruined the whole day, to say the least. Anyone have this problem? I was looking online at a tongue extender which bolts under the trailer tongue and is extended when launching and recovering. Anyone have any experience with this? Help, Captain Charlie
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Re: launching

Postby craig on Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:03 am

I've seen those used on YouTube but not in person. Most of the ramps at the lake I used to sail at in Nashville were too shallow, or at least required a lot of effort to launch from. I drove around to a couple before finding the "perfect" ramp. If there are others on the lake, maybe another ramp could work. Then you wouldn't need to mess with a trailer extender.
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Re: launching

Postby slick95 on Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:16 am

I lowered my boat by flipping the trailer axle above the leaf springs. This resulted in about 3 1/2" lower overall. I would probably have the same launching issue had I not done this.
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Re: launching

Postby craig on Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:10 pm

Jeff: That's a really interesting idea, actually. I'll have to see how much that would help me on my trailer.
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