[Destroyer]

Stating the obvious, the whole objective when loading your trailer is control of your boat at all times. Making it go where you want it to go. I launch and load my boat myself most of the time. I don't have guide-ons, although when the wind is blowing I often think about getting them. The thing that makes loading the boat back on the trailer a snap is the winch. Not any winch.... an electric one. Now I know that there are several good ones out on the market. Dutton-Lamison makes one of the very best. But the one that made trailer loading a snap for me is a Powerwinch. Yes, they are expensive, especially when compared to the cheap Chinese imports now being offered, but in my book they are well worth the price. What makes them so damn good is that you don't have to be by the winch in order to load your boat. You can be by the boat itself, guiding it back onto the trailer. The winch has a switch that you hook a lanyard to. You simply play out the lanyard as you walk to the back of your trailer, hook the winch cable to your boats bow eye, pull on the lanyard and the winch does all the work.. you just guide the boat, keeping it centered on your trailer as she comes aboard. Piece of cake really. If your trailer has keel rollers I also highly recommend the advice given by RW and a few others about having self centering keel rollers. Not all roller trailers are designed for center keel rollers however, so if yours doesn't have them don't worry. (But they do make the job just that much easier). Remember, control is the key.