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Originally Posted by nipper
Still, you must be a patient man. I have tried that but the Wife never got the hang of it. Heck, who am I kidding, she could not stand my bi---ing at her! I have always thought that a slick husband and wife launching/retrieving team is very cool!
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I too am jelous of a husband wife launching/retrieving team. Some places in Florida now have signs prohibiting "Power Loading". I try to leave just enough trailer (bunk type)in the water that once the keel of the boat hits the keel roller the back of the boat is resting on the bunks. It does not take much power from there to get the bow eye to the winch stand. I then chop the power and trim the motor the boat rests there giving me time to climb over the bow and hook her up. I have done it two or three times with success. Two or three times I missed the mark and had to either climb out of the boat and reposition the truck or get out and winch.
What I find to be a complete PITA is that my aluminum tandem axle trailer has enough bouyancy that it floats. The floating trailer makes it real hard to tell how deep you are going and the current can also play hell. I think I can remedy the float with some PVC pipe and Lead.