Believe me - I've already thought of the drain plug.
We got to the cottage so late that we decided to wait until the next
day to launch it. It rained pretty hard that night. The next morning
hubby pulled the drain plug to let the water drain out. I made sure to
remind him to put that plug back in before we launched it!
I've just subscribed to Trailering Boats and Bass & Walleye Boats
magazines, and printed a bunch of stuff off from one of their websites
on towing, for future reference.

I think we have both the colored plastic/nylon ropes that came with
the boat from the guy we bought it from, plus I bought another regular
thicker rope. Why?


On Aug 23, 2:15 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"M. Baker" wrote in message

ups.com...

We just bought a 2001 Lund Mr. Pike a couple weeks ago. We went on
vacation last week, and of course had to take the boat with us. About
40 miles from home, the driver's side trailer tire blew out while on
the freeway going almost 70mph. Then, about 100 miles later, the OTHER
trailer tire blew out - this time we were only going 60mph, as we were
paranoid after the first blow-out.

By the way, this is just the beginning of the boat antics.

1) Sometimes you might need to stand in the water at the boat launch to get
the thing onto the trailer. Take your wallet out of your pocket, and maybe
your keys, too. Ramps are slippery.

2) Got a drain plug in the boat? One day, you may remove it while washing
the boat in the driveway. Then, you won't put it back in. Have the bilge
pump ready at the next launching. :-)

3) How long are your dock lines (ropes), and how thick? They're not the
colorful plastic kind, are they?