wrote:
Hmmm....
so you are saying that the transom of your boat extends back past the
bunks on the end you your trailer?

Yes, it does.

On mine the transom is even with
the bunks on the end of the trailer. In that case when you strap the
back down it forces the strap to touch the back of your transom.
That's not good in my case since the straps I have have a metal
buckle
in the middle that would rub against the transom. Of course there's
ways' around that.

My straps are made so that there is a pad behind the buckle to protect
the boat, and it also then wraps around the buckle with velcro to keep
the buckle from opening. They're made by RodSaver.

So that would mean that I am running my boat over past the center
point
of the trailer much farther forward relatively speaking than what you
are doing.

This really won't make a difference on mine since the keel never
touches the roller ont the front, ever. I'm just going to have
replace
that front keel roller with one that is adjustable.

I'm surprised that it's not adjustable.

I think I will go down to the boat dealer today and see how the
current
Kenners are sitting on the trailer. It could be that mine is going
further forward than normal.

Perhaps the dealer is prepping the trailers incorrectly. What you
describe just doesn't seem right to me, if they are a matched set.