Make my life easier

[Blue_Runner]

I love it too!!

P.S. Tsub - time to take some ajax and a scrub brush to that bumper DAWG!! LOL just ribbin ya! Mine don't look much better.

[randlemanboater]

That is a good idea, I've seen similar items forsale somewhere......I have brass clips on my bumper lines and have put small stainless "D's" where I need em. (Sorry, no pics)

Send that bumper to Lumberslinger so he can detail it for ya.

[tsubaki]

Something I'm sure some of ya'll are already doing, I just haven't stepped back to watch what I'm doing with anchor rope.
In the past I would store anchor rope neatly coiled and tied. Even to the point to wrap Velcro straps around them to keep them neat.
While washing the ropes in a 5 gallon bucket of water, it dawned on me, just keep the ropes in an open container. You can transfer them, access them, do just about anything you want and don't have to worry about tangles, knots, etc.
What I've got is a 100', 1/2", primary anchor rope in a holder ready for deployment, then the secondary anchor rope, throw line and dock lines in the other container.

They are stackable, you can wash the ropes in the container and then store them.

[tsubaki]

How many times you have been at the boat ramp by your self and wished the trailer tongue was a little longer in order to drop the tailgate on the pickup or open the rear hatch on the SUV?
After building a trailer for my duck hunting boat that would allow me to open the tailgate and back down the ramp at dark doom thirty, it dawned on me, just extend the hitch (idiot).
Couple of months ago went to get the material to make an extension, well as fate normally has it they already make such an animal.



The load limit is reduced due to the extended length.
I wouldn't suggest it for road trips but it is great for the weekend outings.

[RABBITFISH]

Such great and inventive ideas! Keep this going! I found a couple I can use! Thanks...

[tsubaki]

One that Daddy showed me a couple years ago, happened to have this flag on a fiberglass pole laying around the yard and he stuck it there for an example.
He said when he owned the V, the only thing he had a problem with, was aligning the boat to the trailer at the ramp cause he couldn't see the winch stand over the bow of the boat.
Well it has been just stuck in the hole since, no real need to replace it till someone steals it.


It really does wonders, letting you line up the boat and you have a good idea when it is to the winch.

[nipper]

Great idea there Tsubaki. I have the same issue. The bunks on my trailer do a pretty good job of getting her centered, but I am always afraid I am going to power right up into and perhaps over the winch.