when the bow breaks

[1969thompsoncv160]

I just bought my first boat, a 1969 Thompson CV160. While my father in law was cranking it onto the trailer, the bow looked as if it was under to much stress. i'd say he got it a little to tight. I'm not sure what the "eye" on the bow to hall it called, but i'm concerned that it may pull out or break being that it is an older boat. If it does break.....would it be fixable? What is it attached to? I'm not that good at getting it on the trailer yet and i almost have to pull it on to the trailer, i'm afraid that it is going to snap! I'm new to all this, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Boatin Bob]

Re: when the bow breaks

Actually bow eye pretty much covers it. It's usually a bolt that goes through the bow and there should be some kind of reinforcement inside hull, could be metal, wood or fibreglass. Can you crawl up under the deck (not familar with the model) so I'm not sure if it's a closed deck or open bow rider. Sounds like you may want to try backing the trailer down a little further and let boat float on to the trailer to reduce the amount of cranking required.

 

[1969thompsoncv160]

Re: when the bow breaks

thanks bob,
i'm gonna have to see if i can get in there to inspect it. it has new stringers and decking, so id say if it is attached to a wooden reinforcement that it would be new too.

 

[Bondo]

Re: when the bow breaks

Back your Wagon into the water Deeper,+ just Float the boat On....... That's how I load Mine......

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: when the bow breaks

is this the old great wooden hull thompson? i have a 71' bonita that had seen some salt water use. just had to replace the bow eye due to corrosion. don't know how it held to load the first time.

 

[studlymandingo]

Re: when the bow breaks

Welcome to iboats!

As everyone has said, get in there and check it, could be the nuts are loose or corroded on the back-side. If that is the case, I would recommend some thread-lock and self-locking nuts.

I always use my winch to pull the boat on to the trailer; one of the ramps at my local haul-in spot is useless for anything more than a jon-boat right now because of people throttling hard to push the boats up on to their trailer. It pushes the bottom away at the prop wash, then piles it up behind, at low tide the "island" is only inches from the water's surface.

 

[1969thompsoncv160]

Re: when the bow breaks

its fiberglass, thanks guys for all the advice8)