How to Adjust CE Smith Bunk-Style Guide-Ons for Boat Trailers # CE27600 to Keep Boat Centered
Question:
Hi, Im having problems getting my boat back onto the trailer properly evenly. purchased a set of CE Smith Bunk-Style Guide-Ons for for my 14foot aluminum Smokercrafts trailer from a store before I discovered etrailer and I like them. I purchased them primarily to help center the my boat on the trailers center rollers when done fishing. They Guide-Ons help, but not as much as I would like them to. With river current or a moderate wind, the boat often ends up off-keel, with one of the strakes straddling the bunk board. This is a huge issue as when this happens, the bracket for the center roller can scrape the hull, with the potential for damage. the Smith Guide-Ons are currently nearly snug to the sides of the boat when the boat is centered. Would you recommend I move them closer in - toward the centerline of the boat, so that the boat snugs more tightly? Would that help center it better? And/or should I also install a pair of Smiths 40inch guide posts at the rear of the trailer? I try to float the boat over as much of the trailer as possible, allowing it to lower itself onto the trailer as I tow the trailer up off of the launch. Or do you have a video on how to properly return a boat to a trailer? Sorry for all the wind but thanks for the help, if youre able.
asked by: Dennis D
Expert Reply:
The CE Smith Bunk-Style Guide-Ons for Boat Trailers # CE27600 can be adjusted for the best fit with a given craft. As you noted, you can adjust their side-to-side spacing to help keep your hull's strakes from contacting the center roller brackets.
Also, the Bunk-Style Guide-Ons can be set at an angle, with the stern brackets a bit further apart than the bow brackets. This will create something of a V-shaped entry way for the boat that might help get and keep the keel in the roller. A set of guides, such as the Fulton # FGB1500100, might help as well.
You might also try keeping a bit less of the trailer below the water line.
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