wrote:
The winch is adjustable but it is maxed out forward and the keel
roller is not adjustable. The winch is as far forward as possible
and
then the boat has to be pulled all the way forward so that the
transom
tie downs don't hit the hull on the back. I think that this boat is
on the edge of being too big for the trailer.

tks
Don

Don, I'll bet that the others you look at the transom tie downs DO
tighten against the hull in the back. Although I don't own a Kenner, my
transom tie downs do tighten against the transom, my neighbor's does
also.

Hmmm....
so you are saying that the transom of your boat extends back past the
bunks on the end you your trailer? On mine the transom is even with
the bunks on the end of the trailer. In that case when you strap the
back down it forces the strap to touch the back of your transom.
That's not good in my case since the straps I have have a metal buckle
in the middle that would rub against the transom. Of course there's
ways' around that.

So that would mean that I am running my boat over past the center point
of the trailer much farther forward relatively speaking than what you
are doing.

This really won't make a difference on mine since the keel never
touches the roller ont the front, ever. I'm just going to have replace
that front keel roller with one that is adjustable.

I think I will go down to the boat dealer today and see how the current
Kenners are sitting on the trailer. It could be that mine is going
further forward than normal.

Its not like someone put this boat on some other kind of trailer.
Kenner claims they make all their own trailers so this one should fit
properly. It may be that Kenner thinks that the front roller is only
used on a steep ramp just to keep the keel from hitting the trailer
front cross member and on short ramps it never comes close which makes
it a bit trickier to keep the boat straight on in the front. The only
other thing is that I'd rather not have that weight sitting against
that front roller. I need to replace it with one of those urethane
wider butterfly looking winch roller anyway.

tks


Don, I'll bet that the others you look at the transom tie downs DO
tighten against the hull in the back. Although I don't own a Kenner,
my
transom tie downs do tighten against the transom, my neighbor's does
also.

On 17 May 2005 05:36:04 -0700, wrote:

Hmmm....
so you are saying that the transom of your boat extends back past the
bunks on the end you your trailer? On mine the transom is even with
the bunks on the end of the trailer. In that case when you strap the
back down it forces the strap to touch the back of your transom.
That's not good in my case since the straps I have have a metal buckle
in the middle that would rub against the transom. Of course there's
ways' around that.

So that would mean that I am running my boat over past the center point
of the trailer much farther forward relatively speaking than what you
are doing.

This really won't make a difference on mine since the keel never
touches the roller ont the front, ever. I'm just going to have replace
that front keel roller with one that is adjustable.

I think I will go down to the boat dealer today and see how the current
Kenners are sitting on the trailer. It could be that mine is going
further forward than normal.

Its not like someone put this boat on some other kind of trailer.
Kenner claims they make all their own trailers so this one should fit
properly. It may be that Kenner thinks that the front roller is only
used on a steep ramp just to keep the keel from hitting the trailer
front cross member and on short ramps it never comes close which makes
it a bit trickier to keep the boat straight on in the front. The only
other thing is that I'd rather not have that weight sitting against
that front roller. I need to replace it with one of those urethane
wider butterfly looking winch roller anyway.

tks

Here's a site that shows how a boat should fit the trailer. Note that the
transom is just behind (an inch or two) the last roller. This makes sense as the
transom carries a lot of weight. When I purchased my boat, the dealer had set it
up so the transom extended about 18" behind the last roller. The tongue weight
was only about 80 lbs! The instruction manual for the trailer showed the correct
setup, but I guess dealers know better. Luckily, the guy I bought the boat from
had used the trailer only to get from the dealer to the marina.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

John H wrote:


Here's a site that shows how a boat should fit the trailer. Note that the
transom is just behind (an inch or two) the last roller. This makes sense as the
transom carries a lot of weight. When I purchased my boat, the dealer had set it
up so the transom extended about 18" behind the last roller. The tongue weight
was only about 80 lbs! The instruction manual for the trailer showed the correct
setup, but I guess dealers know better. Luckily, the guy I bought the boat from
had used the trailer only to get from the dealer to the marina.


What site??? Do they show trailerable sailboats where a lot of the
weight is in the centerboard?

Hey John, try that again. Somehow the url didn't show up.
I suspect that currently my tongue weight is plenty if not too much but
it would be interesting to see the recommendations.

BTW, the main trailer guide on my trailer is with the bunks. The
rollers don't do much except keep the hull from scraping the trailer
frame.

That's the whole problem, when the boat gets forward there's nothing to
keep it going straight.

tks
don

On 17 May 2005 08:35:57 -0700, wrote:

Hey John, try that again. Somehow the url didn't show up.
I suspect that currently my tongue weight is plenty if not too much but
it would be interesting to see the recommendations.

BTW, the main trailer guide on my trailer is with the bunks. The
rollers don't do much except keep the hull from scraping the trailer
frame.

That's the whole problem, when the boat gets forward there's nothing to
keep it going straight.

tks
don

Sorry, I forgot to put it in!

http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/me...at_trailer.htm

My tongue weight for my trailer should be 6-8% of the load. For me, that came to
about 400 lbs.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

wrote:
Hmmm....
so you are saying that the transom of your boat extends back past the
bunks on the end you your trailer?

Yes, it does.

On mine the transom is even with
the bunks on the end of the trailer. In that case when you strap the
back down it forces the strap to touch the back of your transom.
That's not good in my case since the straps I have have a metal
buckle
in the middle that would rub against the transom. Of course there's
ways' around that.

My straps are made so that there is a pad behind the buckle to protect
the boat, and it also then wraps around the buckle with velcro to keep
the buckle from opening. They're made by RodSaver.

So that would mean that I am running my boat over past the center
point
of the trailer much farther forward relatively speaking than what you
are doing.

This really won't make a difference on mine since the keel never
touches the roller ont the front, ever. I'm just going to have
replace
that front keel roller with one that is adjustable.

I'm surprised that it's not adjustable.

I think I will go down to the boat dealer today and see how the
current
Kenners are sitting on the trailer. It could be that mine is going
further forward than normal.

Perhaps the dealer is prepping the trailers incorrectly. What you
describe just doesn't seem right to me, if they are a matched set.