My boat overhangs the bunks

[gran398]

Oh, NOW I get it.....the BOAT overhangs the TRAILER...DUH....

 

Reminds me of a joke. The blonde calls the fire station...."Can you help me, can you help me, my house is on fire!!!!!"

"Yes mam! Can you tell us how to get there?"


"Duh!!!!......Take the Big Red truck......."

 

[bandaidmd]

I currently have rollers,
Seems the bunk vs roller thing is also regional, up here on the Chesapeake i think rollers are in the  majority but when i visit our Florida home (east coast) it seems over 90% you see are bunk.
For future reference should i ditch the rollers where are my stingers located on my 170?
I would assume there fairly close to the edge of the coffin lid.

[seabob4]

You've got inboard stringers and outboard stringers.  The outbord ones are where the bunks need to go, and hopefully where your wobble rollers are located.

Open the pie forward of the motor and take a tape measure, extend if over to either side until the end hits the stringer.  Note the distance to the center of the pie.  The center of the stringer should be about 3" further outboard.  Do the same for the other side, sometimes stringers don't end up where they were supposed to go...

[bandaidmd]

thanks for the reply, open the pie?
If you mean the inspection cover that i have seen in some boats mine dosen't have one in the back only one over the fuel sender.

i thought this was posted in the bunk vs roller folder, oops

[seabob4]

We don't care...

Well, maybe RickK does...BUT WE DON'T!

[RickK]

Ok - I've been waiting for this:
Just the opposite - My bunks overhang my boat  :!:  :!:
http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/2004/sort/1/cat/500/page/9
I inherited a boat and trailer from my mom and the boat was given away and I kept the trailer because of the nifty auto latch it has. Anyway, I put the 170 on it.  For me the ease of getting in the boat from the back while on the trailer surpasses the looks I think I get as I go down the road.    Been like that for 22 years.

One thing that will add to this topic though is the support that this trailer gives the boat.  The trailer was for a much bigger boat and you can see that if we follow the "under stringers" rule - she fails.
http://www.classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/1243/sort/1/cat/500/page/12
Again, been like that for 22 years.
Been thinking about putting some inboard bunks on her - for 22 years  

[seabob4]

Now Rick, you know as well as I, the oversized bunks aren't going to hurt your boat...they just look funny...

The positioning on the hull is not bad either.  Notice how they sit at the transition from the chine to the hull bottom.  Next to the keel, this is the thickest glass on the whole boat.  If they were way inboard, say between the outboard and inboard stringers, you would have a problem.  But they aren't.

Maybe in another 22 years you'll find that trailer made for your 170.  But in the meantime...

[Capt. Bob]

The reflectors look nice. 8)

[Glock Diver]

My 225 overhung my trailer bunks for a while, but after 2 adjustments to my winch stand, the transom now sits 6" forward of the end of my bunks.

I know it was probably perfectly safe, but I always felt nervous seeing the tail of the boat hanging off the trailer!