OK... explain this power-loading thing to me.<br /><br />When I load, I usually center-up, motor toward my trailer at idle-but-in-gear speed, about 20' from the ramp I will drop into neutral, and trim up the OB, just leaving low enough to offer me some last-minute steering corrections. From there, I will attach the strap, and winch up until the chain can get on the eyelet. <br /><br />Sometimes, the angle of the trailer requires me to come in a bit faster, or re-engage the engine ( in the higher trim position ) for a second to get high enough on the bunks to reach the strap. <br /><br />So.. Am I one of the folks dredging the ramp? This approach seems better suited than hopping in the water with a line and trying to guide a boat drifting in the slough current where the launch is at.
