On Mon, 10 May 2004 10:20:56 -0400 (EDT), "Harry Krause"
wrote:

I was a bit too far from the
pier to jump off the boat to help my wife

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I found myself in a similar situation last year, and after a bit of
cogitation discovered I could climb down over the bow, onto the
trailer winch, and then step down onto the tongue. Not ideal but it
worked. Another short handed trick is to back the trailer a little
less further into the water. When you power onto the trailer coming
straight in, the boat will stick there on the bunks instead of sliding
around.