Hello, I am in the Army and currently deployed in iraq. While i was home on R&R i purchased a 1990 Searay Sundancer 220 with a tandem axel trailer. The previous owner kept the boat in a marina and never used the trailer, which he purchased seperately from the boat. We loaded the boat on the trailer and i got it home and am currently not happy with how it is sitting on the trailer. It has 5 keel rollers and 2 bunks on each side of the rollers which are welded on, and where they are welded on has the bunks under the strakes on the hull. The keel is about an inch or two above the rollers. I know when i get home i need to have it weighed and figure out the tounge weight first to decide if the boat needs to move forward or back to equal about 7-8% of the total weight. I bought new adjustable brackets so i can relocate the bunks to the flat parts of the hull and lower it so it rests on the keel rollers. To do all this i need to cut off the welded on brackets and install the new adjustable ones. I can install the new brackets with the boat on the trailer and get them close to where they need to be, but my question is should the keel rollers be supporting most of the weight or should they be just touching and the bunks supporting the weight. The brackets for the keel rollers are welded on and non-adjustable so all the adjustments are going to have to come from the bunk brackets. I have a place to store the boat in the water for a couple days while we work on the trailer, but i figure the final adjustments are going to have to be trial and error at the ramp...load the boat, take notes, unload the boat, make adjustments, etc. I plan on having the bunks stick out at least an inch past the transom, and where they are going to be positioned will not interfere with the trim tabs. I apologize for not being able to post pictures, but any help or insight will be greatly appreciated.
