I want to order a winch post tonight while my wife is in a good mood, but I'm confused on what to buy.
I recently installed my bunk brackets and bunks. The brackets are temporarily on there (one bolt only) until I was sure about proper height and position, and so on and so on. This pram has a very curved bottom, and although she sits on the bunk boards fine, the boards only support her for a minimal length, so she has a kind of rocking horse groove if you've had a few beers and push on the bow or stern.
As presently configured, I have around 4" of clearance between the lowest part of the keel and the bed of the trailer, as shown below. (Yeah, one of the brackets is crooked in this photo, but as I said, this is temporary.) Here's the keel:
Here is my square bow, and dimensions to both the top of the "ship" and to midway to the bow hook. (Is that's what it's called? A bow hook?) And since I DID have a few beers, those measurements might be off a hair or two.
My questions are, I LIKE the 4" clearance because it gives me room to work on the bottom, but does that make my winch post choices ridiculous because of the measurements shown? Like, am I going to need a winch post HEIGHT of 28" to make this work, or a height of 21 1/2"?
So would an angled winch post with a LENGTH of 24" give me 21" of height? And is it logical to use the bow hook height, with an appropriate stop on the winch post?
All I really need is a straight winch post for this tiny 8-footer, not even angled, but I haven't seen any that make financial sense. So if you have any links, thanks.
And thanks all for listening and your advice!
I recently installed my bunk brackets and bunks. The brackets are temporarily on there (one bolt only) until I was sure about proper height and position, and so on and so on. This pram has a very curved bottom, and although she sits on the bunk boards fine, the boards only support her for a minimal length, so she has a kind of rocking horse groove if you've had a few beers and push on the bow or stern.
As presently configured, I have around 4" of clearance between the lowest part of the keel and the bed of the trailer, as shown below. (Yeah, one of the brackets is crooked in this photo, but as I said, this is temporary.) Here's the keel:
Here is my square bow, and dimensions to both the top of the "ship" and to midway to the bow hook. (Is that's what it's called? A bow hook?) And since I DID have a few beers, those measurements might be off a hair or two.
My questions are, I LIKE the 4" clearance because it gives me room to work on the bottom, but does that make my winch post choices ridiculous because of the measurements shown? Like, am I going to need a winch post HEIGHT of 28" to make this work, or a height of 21 1/2"?
So would an angled winch post with a LENGTH of 24" give me 21" of height? And is it logical to use the bow hook height, with an appropriate stop on the winch post?
All I really need is a straight winch post for this tiny 8-footer, not even angled, but I haven't seen any that make financial sense. So if you have any links, thanks.
And thanks all for listening and your advice!
