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Default Launching off a trailer with an overhead winch

On 31 Jul, "MikeC" wrote:
I was worried about getting the straps down under the keel and not
wacking the mast.
Is there something I should know about the whole procedure before I
give it a try???


Welllll...... with a swing keel, you should know that it's really
simple to trailer launch and retrieve a Catalina 22 if you have a
decent ramp. Especially if you have an extendable trailer tongue. I'd
venture to say it'd be quicker, simpler, and safer to do it that way.
I can see all sorts of unnecessary problems with the "strap under the
hull" hoist method.

Rick ------- launched a C22 MANY times.