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.

Hi,

The club where I can keep the boat on a trailer does not have a ramp.
The boat ramp does not have a place I can keep the mast up. Getting
it in and out of my yard is tough.

I really would like to keep it at the club and lauch it with our 2 ton
winch. Do you know how / if this can be done?

Thanks,

Mike Cohen


lid wrote:
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.

On 2 Aug, "MikeC" wrote:
would like to keep it at the club and lauch it with our 2 ton
winch. Do you know how / if this can be done?

I'm sure it can be done. Just not as simply as ramp
launching/retrieving.

Rick