"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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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
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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




I guess it wasn't clear that I was asking two different unrelated questions.
The first, the anchor buddy question, is about the bungee for my anchor. I
need to by a length of line to tie the bow to something on shore when I use
the anchor buddy. I have no idea how much line to buy. 100 ft? 150 ft?
200 ft? As I said, I don't want to buy or store more than I need but I
definitely don't want to come up short.

The other question has to do with the trailer.