Ever since we bought Verboten I've had issues getting her on the trailer at the end of the season. The issue was the placement of the winch a good foot below the bow eye. How can you pull the boat forward when the winch pulls it down?
Last summer I pulled the winch off and raised it a foot with wooden blocks. That seemed to help, though I still had to pull it forward a few inches with the come-along. Over the winter I talked to Lou and we decided that he could make something to address the issue. So last weekend I pulled the boat up to his house and Lou made a new winch mount that raised the strap about 14 inches.
Lou is an artist with a grinder and welder! What we ended up with was a sturdy triangular box with a roller (which he made from pipe and washers) at the top. The winch goes on the forward side of the box and the strap goes over the roller at the top, then to the boat. Elegant.
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