"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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I was thinking of taking the new boat to the lake this afternoon using
my wife's car. She has a FWD Saturn Vue with the factory larger tires.
It has the towing capacity but a friend warned me that FWD vehicles
may be more likely to spin out pulling a boat out of the water. The
car as electronic traction control. If it slips does it help to let
air out of the tires? I do carry a 10,000 lb tow rope. If someone is
around and I can't get it out I guess I could ask for a pull, but
hopefully I won't have to. Any tricks are appreciated, hopefully it
won't be an issue but I don't want to get stuck.

-Robert

One big problem with the front wheel drive is... the tongue weight way back
on your hitch makes the front end of the tow vehicle lighter....reducing
traction.
I towed a 2200lb sailboat/trailer combo with a Plymouth Voyager 3.0 liter V6
and 3 speed auto transmission without problem.
As others said...any seaweed exposed at low tide must be raked to the side.