Took new (to me) 210 out today for the first time

[keith2k455]

I finally got to take the 2003 Crownline 210 BR with a 5.0 out on the water that we picked up last week. I spent Saturday upgrading chains, lighting, etc on the trailer over the weekend to make the ride safe.

The trip on the water went very well, but let's say that launching it was quite a challenge. I had to back the truck all the way to where the bumper was touching water before I was able to get it off the trailer. Not sure what I can to do make this easier. I sprayed the bunks with silicon when I pulled it on and it definitely loaded easier than it launched, but I still had to count on the roller to stop me from loading the boat directly in to the truck. Hopefully spraying the biunks will make launching next time easier. I think after the next trip I'll be close to getting the hang of pulling up to a dock too.

Boat handles way better than I expected. Didn't even get enough water in the hull to get anything out of the bilge. I noticed a few things on my trip though - I have to get the tach fixed (stuck at 1000 RPM) and I think I need to work on my trim technique. I'm not sure if this is cavitation or not, but there were a few times when I was trying to go fast and the rpm were doing some strange things and the boat rode a little different. I trimmed down a little bit and seemed to take care of it.

Anyways, thanks for all the advice and discussion over the last few weeks on this particular purchase. I think I've found a boat that my family and I will have a lot of fun on for a lot of years!

Keith

 

[tpenfield]

Nice. . . . The launching will become easier with time. Shallow ramps are trickier than the steeper ones. My local ramp is described as a road that runs into the water, so you have to get the vehicle a bit wet shall we say. One technique that I have used once you get close to the point of being able to float the boat off the trailer, is to tie a bow line from the boat to the trailer frame, so the boat does not get away from you. Then I back down another foot or two and slam on the brakes. The boat usually releases from the trailer. You then can retrieve the boat with the line that you tied to the trailer. If you forget to do the line, the boat floats away

 

[airshot]

On these shallow water ramps many choose to make a trailer tongue extension that will temporarily adjust the trailer tongue to be much longer to keep their truck out of the water. There are some posts about this on this forum, or find another ramp that suits your boat and trailer. Practice..practice until everything becomes second nature.