"Calif Bill" wrote in message
ink.net...
Buy an old boat trailer and put tall side guides on it. Then you could
tie
off the boat and as the water fell, the boat would land on the bunks and
be
just like trailered. You may have to add more plates on the bottom to
prevent the trailer from sinking in to the ooze.

I appreciate the idea, but can't visualize it working... The trailer would
need to be submerged when the tide is in. The salt would eat a steel
trailer in short order. Tying it off at the bow and both sides would keep
it from banging the sides, but keeping it centered, precisely, would be next
to impossible, at times when the wind kicks up (thus, the firehose sling
idea). Also, the additional weight of a trailer would require much more
flotation than I had in mind.

I could just trailer the boat, but the whole idea is to have it readily
available for use at any time... assuming there is water in the bay, of
course.

Thanks,

Unc