if this get to be a little wordy or confusing feel free to speak up and i will try to clearify
i have a 1988 sunchaser deck boat. the hull is set up like a tri hull but wide like a pontoon. she has a 140 hp i/o with alpha 1 and this is my first boat. i ahve already done a complete rebuild on the motor as the previous owner let it sit and block froze and busted have gone through the out drive and done impeller and gimble bearing. enough on the boat now onto the trailer. a buddie of maine came over and told me that it was a "break a way" so it would tilt but i think some one welded it up. the center of it is all round like pipe. it has keel rollers down the middle 2/3 of it and there are bunks to support the rear. if i need to get pics please let me know and i will try, not at the house but the better half is and she could e mail them to me
i have tried to launch her twice last year (just finished doing rebuild last weekend) and had major issues. first it got hund up on the bow eye/bow roller (yes roller on top:facepalm
i have the fixed now had to flip the bow stop and winch bracket over so all that works fine. the second time it acted as if the hull was cought on the trailer and this is where i get confused at here......the keel rollers go about 2/3 of the way up then there is a wooden piece covered in carpet like the bunks and it seems like every time i go to launch it gets hung on that
1 should i remove that piece of carpet and replace with a roller? what size and what about brakets?
2 what about adding a roller further up closer to the bow to help it pop the bow up when retreaving?
3 safty chain. it dont have one. what about using a strap instrad of chain? what size of either do i need?
4 side bunks. i am going to make my own and i figured that they should sit just below the rub rail when boat is flat on trailer but how long should they be? boat is 17 ft
that should be a good start and many thanks in advance for all the help
i have a 1988 sunchaser deck boat. the hull is set up like a tri hull but wide like a pontoon. she has a 140 hp i/o with alpha 1 and this is my first boat. i ahve already done a complete rebuild on the motor as the previous owner let it sit and block froze and busted have gone through the out drive and done impeller and gimble bearing. enough on the boat now onto the trailer. a buddie of maine came over and told me that it was a "break a way" so it would tilt but i think some one welded it up. the center of it is all round like pipe. it has keel rollers down the middle 2/3 of it and there are bunks to support the rear. if i need to get pics please let me know and i will try, not at the house but the better half is and she could e mail them to me
i have tried to launch her twice last year (just finished doing rebuild last weekend) and had major issues. first it got hund up on the bow eye/bow roller (yes roller on top:facepalm
i have the fixed now had to flip the bow stop and winch bracket over so all that works fine. the second time it acted as if the hull was cought on the trailer and this is where i get confused at here......the keel rollers go about 2/3 of the way up then there is a wooden piece covered in carpet like the bunks and it seems like every time i go to launch it gets hung on that 1 should i remove that piece of carpet and replace with a roller? what size and what about brakets?
2 what about adding a roller further up closer to the bow to help it pop the bow up when retreaving?
3 safty chain. it dont have one. what about using a strap instrad of chain? what size of either do i need?
4 side bunks. i am going to make my own and i figured that they should sit just below the rub rail when boat is flat on trailer but how long should they be? boat is 17 ft
that should be a good start and many thanks in advance for all the help
