On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:55:20 -0700, "Ed H" wrote:

Ok now dont laugh, but I have been thinking after reading the posts about
launching and retrieving a boat from a boat trailer. What would you all
think about a trailer in which the boat sits on a set of rails and the rails
slides into the water to launch the boat ? The way I vision it is you would
back the trailer into the water, but not as far as normal, then the rails
slides the boat into the deeper part of the water? Just a thought crazy I
know

thanks
Ed

Quite a few years ago, I designed and built a similar unit.

I modified one of those flat-bed wrecker trucks, to hold a boat. I
could back up to the water, and easily "trailer" the boat via
hydrolics.

I sold the patent for a seven digit check.