I have a 4 stroke Honda 2hp. I did position the vehicle so that the boat came about two thirds up the trailer and then I winched it the rest of the way. When I re-did this, I tried to float the boat to center on the trailer but it always seemed like the boat wanted to list to one side which made it off center on the trailer.
On Jul 8, 2018, at 7:20 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
How far into the water were the trailer bunks? So far in that the boat was floating above the trailer? Or did you need to pull the boat the final two or so feet onto the trailer (so the bow was testing against the trailer bow stop)?
What motor do you have? A Honda 2 or 2.3 doesn't cause the boat to list (and is more than enough motor for the M15).
:: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com
On Sun, Jul 8, 2018, 6:40 PM doug <doug9326@gmail.com> wrote:
I took my M-15 out for the day today on a nice lake in Oregon. But I discovered some issues that I need help on. The biggest one was getting the boat back on the trailer. It seems that the outboard weighs the boat to the starboard where it is mounted. With that small lean to starboard, the boat would not move up into the trailer in a balanced way. That ended up making it impossible to get the boat onto the trailer with the shoal draft keel resting on the rubber runners down the middle of the trailer. Instead the boat came out of the water with the keel resting outside the center of the trailer where its supposed to rest. I got in the lake several times trying to center the boat on the trailer. Am I missing something?