Hi: I have bunk boards and the black rubber keel rollers but they don’t really roll, just support the keel. The problem I found with loading my M15 that on certain slanted ramps or with the waves or current coming a certain way, the keel ends up off center on the roller. I’m careful not to let that happen. And back the boat back in the water. Since I’m solo boating and trying to load the boat back on the trailer, if it’s going on crooked, I ask someone on the dock to pull on a stern line as I’m pulling the boat out of the water. For some reason the boat aways wants to go to the left side of the trailer off center. So, I have someone pull hard on the right side on the stern line and it usually centers the boat. In my 157 times of loading the boat, this is fairly common. If I’m alone, I tie the stern line on the dock snuggly, then jump in the car and pull the boat out about a foot and it usually centers. Then I untie the stern line and drive the boat out of the water. I did, ONCE, forget the stern line and pulled the boat out of the water. Luckily the line broke and the hardware didn’t break. Pete WinterSky (Zimowsky) outdoors writer and photographer www.getoutdoorsnorthwest.com <http://www.getoutdoorsnorthwest.com/> Twitter: @zimosoutdoors The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness – John Muir
On Jul 22, 2020, at 6:27 AM, Alan via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I posted a question recently about the trailer on our Monty 15. Does anyone have an opinion about the keel rollers. The one the go under the center of the boat. The ones on our trailer are the traditional black rubber ones that tapper to a point in the middle. Of course the Monty has no point so the boat does not set centered on them. Thanks for your patience. Alan