I'll add to my prior email - If you use a strap that goes over the cockpit combings don't over-tighten! You can crush and damage the boat. Seen this on a few M17s. Go just snug not gorilla tight!! (I wrote similar to above in another email in this discussion but with all the recent talk of boat flying off trailers in wanted to resend.) :: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com On Thu, May 17, 2018, 7:04 AM Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
I think a strap is needed when using the old Trail-Rite trailers as the boat keel is resting on just that one roller - on big hit and the boat could shift and the keel fall onto the frame.
For a Pacific trailer IMO a strap isn't needed as there is a full keel bunk with side-guides keeping the boat from shifting port or starboard. I just tie lines from the stern cleats to the aft corners of the frame.
The Pacific trailers also have a safety chain in addition to a winch. The Trail-Rite trailers don't, in my experience, have a safety chain as not required when they were built so long ago.
:: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com
On Thu, May 17, 2018, 6:48 AM Timothy JarviMD <tjarvi@esnm.us> wrote:
I've trailed my FD17 from Lake Havasu, AZ to northern MI and all around the UP strapless :) No problems/issues/sketchiness yet... Haven't encountered any huge unexpected potholes though either.
Tim petoskey, mi
On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 12:42 AM, David Grah via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Thanks to all the good suggestions for good solutions to my failing trailer strap. As if by magic, buried in the results from another internet search, I found the exact strap I have now. The strap is https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001F0MOD0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?i.... It was a little hard to tell if it was what I was looking for with the description and photo on Amazon but, when I got it, it proved to be an exact match to my old one.
Not sure if this is the right solution for everyone but I am happy to be
able to replace my strap with new!
David Grah