Hi Folks,
Yesterday, while walking my dog on Nantucket, I ran into a friend who has a 23 or 25' Grady White.
He was pulling it out of the water and I asked him where his mooring is. He said he did not have a mooring, that he trailered his boat to the water every day. Part of the reason was that he did both interpretive trips and fishing for hire, and that it was easier to pull the boat everyday than to bring the stuff to the boat everyday. He said that he would load the boat at his house.
I watched him pull the boat. The tow vehicle was a 4 wheel drive Ford 250 pickup I believe he purchased used. The trailer was a roller trailer. He backed the trailer into the water, ran the boat up on the trailer. He would then attach the winch line to the towing eye. (He had the winch line attached to one of the rollers under the bow so he did not have to pull it all the way out to attach it to the towing eye.) He then pushed a button on an electric winch and the boat come right up. He would stand in the water and get his feet and shoes wet, but he probably has another pair at his house.
The whole operation looked easy for him. He also said that he did not have to paint the bottom, and he saved 50 cents per gallon on his gas.
The point is that it is a lot easier than we think, but if you are like me, the thought of trailering your boat and launching and retrieving every time you want to use it is scary. To my friend, it was a piece of cake.
By the way, the Grady White is a lot heaver than the CD 25.
Just as story that might help. Also he gave me a stripped bass for watching.
Fred
Yesterday, while walking my dog on Nantucket, I ran into a friend who has a 23 or 25' Grady White.
He was pulling it out of the water and I asked him where his mooring is. He said he did not have a mooring, that he trailered his boat to the water every day. Part of the reason was that he did both interpretive trips and fishing for hire, and that it was easier to pull the boat everyday than to bring the stuff to the boat everyday. He said that he would load the boat at his house.
I watched him pull the boat. The tow vehicle was a 4 wheel drive Ford 250 pickup I believe he purchased used. The trailer was a roller trailer. He backed the trailer into the water, ran the boat up on the trailer. He would then attach the winch line to the towing eye. (He had the winch line attached to one of the rollers under the bow so he did not have to pull it all the way out to attach it to the towing eye.) He then pushed a button on an electric winch and the boat come right up. He would stand in the water and get his feet and shoes wet, but he probably has another pair at his house.
The whole operation looked easy for him. He also said that he did not have to paint the bottom, and he saved 50 cents per gallon on his gas.
The point is that it is a lot easier than we think, but if you are like me, the thought of trailering your boat and launching and retrieving every time you want to use it is scary. To my friend, it was a piece of cake.
By the way, the Grady White is a lot heaver than the CD 25.
Just as story that might help. Also he gave me a stripped bass for watching.
Fred