Suggestions needed for boat with a bow pulpit

[GatorMike]

I have a Wellcraft 190ccf. I have had the boat for almost 20 years and there is one issue I have always had. When loading the boat on a steep ramp I have to start with the wheel wells out of the water or the pulpit doesn't clear the winch. Then I have to get back in the truck and back the boat back down the ramp to center the back of the boat. It is a simple operation with two men but if I am alone or with an unexpienced boater it can be a pain.

Does anybody have any suggestions on a setup that would eliminate the two step process?

 

[ajgraz]

Roller trailer or bunk trailer? Either way (but especially if bunk), does the trailer have any center/keel rollers?
Do you have any kind of side-guides in the rear section of the trailer?
What's the gearing on your winch?

I'm wondering if, with a good short-geared winch, rollers of some kind, and side-guides, you'd be able to get that hull up and straight onto the trailer without that "second backing" step.

 

[GatorMike]

It's a bunk trailer. It has one keel roller towards the bow but the boat has never rested on that roller. We just welded a makeshift bracket on the trailer to raise that front roller a few inches but it didn't seem to do much good. Also lowered the winch as low as we could.

 

[Blind Date]

I added a keel roller to the trailer under my 250 Sundancer. It helps, but doesn't solve the problem completely. Love the bow pulpit on my 250 but it makes loading on a trailer a PITA sometimes. Mine has an anchor roller sticking of the end which adds to the fun!.......LOL

 

[GatorMike]

I hate the pulpit on mine but mine is a smaller boat, makes the pulpit almost worthless. Also my dog wants to ride on the pulpit, she has already fell off of it once. I think I found the solution to my trailer problem tho. I googled 190ccf and looked at a bunch of pictures of my model boat. Most of them have the winch on a longer bracket which would put the winch handle several inches lower without lowering the roller that rests against the bow.

 

[Lowlysubaruguy]

My buddies 26 foot Larson loaded like that. Myself I’d relocate the winch lower run the belt over a pulley so it still pulled forward but that will require some minor fabrication skills. With three people we had it down to a simple process one guy’s backing the boat trailer ones running the winch ones driving the boat. But a pain with less than three.