On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 03:47:51 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
Do you routinely launch the boat at the same ramp?

What are the conditions there?

If the water gets deep pretty quickly, the boat will float free from the
bunks
without a problem.

If you launch at places where the water is more shallow, rollers have some
advantage. With rollers, once you have established at least some buoyancy
you
can often *roll* the boat into the water.

If you go with rollers, put as many rollers under the boat as you can. It
is
true that bunks will support the boat better. Try to adjust the rollers so
that
they are under the stringers, and remember that there is a specific risk
of
"hook" at the transom.

Go with bunks with UHMB plastic on the bunks.

I tried those strips on my Ranger bunks.

They worked too well. I had to really crank down on the stern straps
to keep the boat from sliding while being towed.

Instead I waxed the carpet with beeswax.

Works great.

All the best,

Tom
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