Robert M. Gary wrote:

Any tricks are appreciated, hopefully it won't be an issue
but I don't want to get stuck.

I tow my boat, ~1500 including trailer, with my wifes FWD
Freestyle. Never've had a problem. Always open the hatch so
I can back down less like a snake and engage parking break
when on the ramp. I would recommend the first time to back
down into the water like you are going to launch and then
trying to get back up the ramp, that way you'll know before
launching if you're screwed or not.


sam

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:03:30 -0500, "Sam Hayes Merritt, III"
wrote:

Robert M. Gary wrote:

Any tricks are appreciated, hopefully it won't be an issue
but I don't want to get stuck.

I tow my boat, ~1500 including trailer, with my wifes FWD
Freestyle. Never've had a problem. Always open the hatch so
I can back down less like a snake and engage parking break
when on the ramp. I would recommend the first time to back
down into the water like you are going to launch and then
trying to get back up the ramp, that way you'll know before
launching if you're screwed or not.

Hey Sam - did you ever solve that name based RBL scoring problem you
had with dnsbl.m4 in Sendmail?

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Hey Sam - did you ever solve that name based RBL scoring problem
you had with dnsbl.m4 in Sendmail?

Refresh me via email and I may have.

sam

On Apr 1, 9:36*am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

Well I pulled it out without a problem. The ramp was amazingly shallow
though. Its a 4 lane ramp but no one was there so I took the two
middle lanes (extra space ) . Unfortunately it doesn't appear there
is any way to launch or recover the boat without walking in water
because the ramp is so shallow there.

-Robert

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:14:41 -0700 (PDT), "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

On Apr 1, 9:36*am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

Well I pulled it out without a problem. The ramp was amazingly shallow
though. Its a 4 lane ramp but no one was there so I took the two
middle lanes (extra space ) . Unfortunately it doesn't appear there
is any way to launch or recover the boat without walking in water
because the ramp is so shallow there.

-Robert

Walking in water is normally part of the deal, unless you're a real hot
shot.

Hot shots are lots of fun to watch!
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
...
On Apr 1, 9:36 am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

Well I pulled it out without a problem. The ramp was amazingly shallow
though. Its a 4 lane ramp but no one was there so I took the two
middle lanes (extra space ) . Unfortunately it doesn't appear there
is any way to launch or recover the boat without walking in water
because the ramp is so shallow there.

-Robert

That's one of the reasons I sold my 19' weekender sailboat.
Our ramps are so shallow that the boat is still hard on the trailer when the
tow vehicles rear wheels are touching the water. (you don't want to dunk the
wheels in salt water)
To get my sailboat launched I had to drive ahead, gun in reverse and slam on
the brakes three or four times. Not something for the faint hearted.

With my current open aluminum boat I can almost lift & throw it off.

On Apr 2, 5:37*am, "Don White" wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in ...
On Apr 1, 9:36 am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

That's one of the reasons I sold my 19' weekender sailboat.
Our ramps are so shallow that the boat is still hard on the trailer when the
tow vehicles rear wheels are touching the water. (you don't want to dunk the
wheels in salt water)
To get my sailboat launched I had to drive ahead, gun in reverse and slam on
the brakes three or four times. *Not something for the faint hearted.

Don't sailboat usually have a trailer line allowing you to roll the
trailer way down into the water???

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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On Apr 2, 5:37 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in
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On Apr 1, 9:36 am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

That's one of the reasons I sold my 19' weekender sailboat.
Our ramps are so shallow that the boat is still hard on the trailer when
the
tow vehicles rear wheels are touching the water. (you don't want to dunk
the
wheels in salt water)
To get my sailboat launched I had to drive ahead, gun in reverse and slam
on
the brakes three or four times. Not something for the faint hearted.

Don't sailboat usually have a trailer line allowing you to roll the
trailer way down into the water???

-Robert

Maybe for the keel boats.
For retractable keels like mine, the trailers are ordinary bunk or roller.

On Apr 1, 9:53*am, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:36:23 -0700 (PDT), Robert M. Gary penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

How big is the boat....?

I'm having trouble figuing that out. I have all the original paperwork
for the boat/trailer combo (2003). As best as I can figure the combo
weights something around 2700 lbs dry. The capacity of the VUE with a
class II hitch is 3500lbs (I believe all class II's are limited to
3,500lbs). I have a class III installed but the manufactor doesn't
list a tow capacity for class III so I'm just working on the same
3,500 lbs. The main benefit of the class III is that its easier to
find accessories for it (although class II's seem to be becoming more
common with SUVs).

-Robert