Recovering boat onto trailer

[ghostlymoron]

Thanks for the warning. The ones I've ordered are PVC with boots on the end.

gm,

please beware if they are neoprene waders and you end up stepping in mud.

I was discussing this with a club chum just yesterday, when working on moorings we both made the mistake of neoprene rather than plain pvc waders as it sounded warmer, huge mistake !

The foot part digs into mud, then when one tries to retract said foot the neoprene just stretches, leaving one firmly anchored.

Same happened to my chum.

I had to lie across a dinghy on the mud while a club member dug my foot out, if alone I'd have had to wriggle out of the waders and leave them there for some future Time Team to figure out !

I consider them so dangerous on our soft Chichester Harbour mud that I won't even give them away, will probably cut them for neoprene patches for something or other.

If you do have these on order and use them, at least take a waterproof handheld VHF or a mobile phone in a tupperware box.

 

[Alfie168]

I don't know if anybody has said this. Docking arms are indeed brilliant, but I know a few people who have had them stolen, so stow them somewhere after use. Mine have survived thieves thus far, though my new trailer winch did not.

Tim