I added a 3 foot, removable, tongue extension onto my little (14 ft Carolina
Skiff) trailer so that I could get the boat into the water more easily on
shallow ramps.. It did NOT add any problems in towing of which I am aware.
It certainly helped in backing up and launching. RichG

"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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Designing our trailer it looks like for our 22' boat we could have the
tongue as litle as 2' from the bow -- or 24' total rig. But we'ld like to
put the wheels (tandem) as far back as possible so less boat and
less weight is hanging out past the wheels. This should help
stability. SO, the longer the tongue, the furthur back we can
put the wheels. ~ Storage of the trailer is no problem and though
a longer rig makes tight manuvering harder I don't think we'll
have any major prolems with that.

So, any other problems with having a longer trailer tongue?