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First Day Pictures Link & Some Details
" VOLTAGE REGULATOR: This boat has a generator instead Sorry can't help with this one LEAK: The boat is plywood lapstrake. Where the bottom- My father has a 26 foot Hutchinson runabout. It leaks a bit pretty much all the time just like yours but its not plywood. SHAFT PACKING: The packing around the prop-shaft was leaking a few drips. This, I believe, is normal. But at one point the packing nut came totally apart (still on the shaft of course). We just tightened it up better and it stayed fine the rest of the day. I don't believe this is normal, I have fixed shafts that did this and stopped the leak with new packing material. On the other hand its pretty minor. The nut coming off is not minor but I don't know enough to say if you had a one time accident or if its a sign of a problem. I would check the packing nut from time to time to see if its loosening up on its own. RETRIEVING TO THE TRAILER: We have exactley the same problem with the trailer that you do. We tie the boat to the post as tight as possible but the bow seldom rests against the post when all is said and done. If its not within a couple of inches we back into the water and do it again. Our post is located a bit further forward in relation to length of the trailer so if we don't have the boat snug on the post its still snug on the trailer. If its possible to set your trailer up so that the sweet spot is 6" to a foot long getting the boat on the trailer will be easier. We do have rollers in the center. Any help or ideas with these issues will be greatly appreciated as has all the previous advise that got us this far has been. Gary Pics: http://tinyurl.com/4coae |
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Boat settles off post on trailer
I had the same trailer problem with a 17' Sail boat. In my case the bow was
floating quite a bit at the point I would set it against the post. When pulling up the ramp the boat would settle down as I drove foward resulting in the boat moving backward the distance alowed by the arc of the winch line. The fix is to not back in so deep and have the bow on the trailer bunksbefore pulling out. You should have to crank the boat up onto the trailer at least a couple of inches. This will ensure the boat is positioned properly and will reduce the potential swinging of the boat off center. John "Tom Hunter" wrote in message news:kASIc.67789$a24.15280@attbi_s03... " VOLTAGE REGULATOR: This boat has a generator instead Sorry can't help with this one LEAK: The boat is plywood lapstrake. Where the bottom- My father has a 26 foot Hutchinson runabout. It leaks a bit pretty much all the time just like yours but its not plywood. SHAFT PACKING: The packing around the prop-shaft was leaking a few drips. This, I believe, is normal. But at one point the packing nut came totally apart (still on the shaft of course). We just tightened it up better and it stayed fine the rest of the day. I don't believe this is normal, I have fixed shafts that did this and stopped the leak with new packing material. On the other hand its pretty minor. The nut coming off is not minor but I don't know enough to say if you had a one time accident or if its a sign of a problem. I would check the packing nut from time to time to see if its loosening up on its own. RETRIEVING TO THE TRAILER: We have exactley the same problem with the trailer that you do. We tie the boat to the post as tight as possible but the bow seldom rests against the post when all is said and done. If its not within a couple of inches we back into the water and do it again. Our post is located a bit further forward in relation to length of the trailer so if we don't have the boat snug on the post its still snug on the trailer. If its possible to set your trailer up so that the sweet spot is 6" to a foot long getting the boat on the trailer will be easier. We do have rollers in the center. Any help or ideas with these issues will be greatly appreciated as has all the previous advise that got us this far has been. Gary Pics: http://tinyurl.com/4coae |
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Boat settles off post on trailer
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Boat settles off post on trailer
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