I think you have the wrong name. Anchor Buddy is a bungee anchor line,
Allows you to drop an anchor, power to the shore, and get off the boat and
with a long bow line, let the boat slide back into deeper water. they work
good for about a year and then the large surgical tubing insides starts
breaking. Is the trailer catch a trailer buddy?

"Butch Davis" wrote in message
nk.net...
Difficult to say not knowing your details. I drive onto the trailer so I
wet the bunks entirely then pull the trailer forward until about two feet
of the bunks are above the water when retriveing. Ramp angle, boat size,
windage, current, etc. can change things in a hurry.

IMO, you can do worse than to spend some time at the ramp watching others.
You can pretty much tell the more practiced owners by how well everything
works for them. If you copy them you should be off to a good start.

You'll find that practice makes perfect. I hope to get there some day.

Butch
"Bryan" wrote in message
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I'm going to get an anchor buddy for my boat. That means I'm going to
need a long bow line. So, how long is long enough? I don't want to buy,
or store, more than I need, but I sure don't want to come up short
either.

How far into the water is far enough with respect to backing the trailer
into the water? Do I wet the bunks then bring the trailer forward a
little? I want to minimize the stern floating about after winching the
bow all the way to the bow stop.

Thanks