citygent111
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Hi all,
As per my other thread, we've this week got ourselves a bigger boat. We've been using a 3.8m rib which although a great boat, we've found we've outgrown it, so we're now (or will be this weekend) the proud owners of a Fletcher 19 GTS.
We've always trailer launched the RIB from Rhosneigr beach ourselves as it doesn't need much depth to get off the trailer, but for anyone that knows Rhosneigr, the incline at the beach seems to be quite gentle at certain points of the tide, so I'm concerned we won't be able to launch/recover from the trailer as the car would need to be quite a way into the water before the depth was sufficient to take the boat!
I know there are tractors launching boats off the beach there, but I cannot find anything online about who or how to use their service. I suspect they are from the local boatyard launching their customers boats, but ours will be stored elsewhere on the island so that's not ideal.
I'm hoping that there's a tractor service where I can slip the guy £20 to launch & recover for us! We'll be over there in the next few weeks so thought I might ask the council beach warden if they know who could help, but figured it made sense to ask you lovely boating folk too!
As an alternative, I'd considered getting an towing extension : Boat Trailer Launching Pole Retrieval Bar (4 Metre Extension Reach) Hitch Ball | eBay which would give me an extra 4m before the car wheels get wet!!
Any advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated! TIA
EDIT: Actually, I'm wondering if I might be fretting unnecessarily - looking at the rear of the boat/trailer, given it's on rollers, perhaps it doesn't need to be as deep as I think it does? Attached a photo to show the trailer set up...
As per my other thread, we've this week got ourselves a bigger boat. We've been using a 3.8m rib which although a great boat, we've found we've outgrown it, so we're now (or will be this weekend) the proud owners of a Fletcher 19 GTS.
We've always trailer launched the RIB from Rhosneigr beach ourselves as it doesn't need much depth to get off the trailer, but for anyone that knows Rhosneigr, the incline at the beach seems to be quite gentle at certain points of the tide, so I'm concerned we won't be able to launch/recover from the trailer as the car would need to be quite a way into the water before the depth was sufficient to take the boat!
I know there are tractors launching boats off the beach there, but I cannot find anything online about who or how to use their service. I suspect they are from the local boatyard launching their customers boats, but ours will be stored elsewhere on the island so that's not ideal.
I'm hoping that there's a tractor service where I can slip the guy £20 to launch & recover for us! We'll be over there in the next few weeks so thought I might ask the council beach warden if they know who could help, but figured it made sense to ask you lovely boating folk too!
As an alternative, I'd considered getting an towing extension : Boat Trailer Launching Pole Retrieval Bar (4 Metre Extension Reach) Hitch Ball | eBay which would give me an extra 4m before the car wheels get wet!!
Any advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated! TIA
EDIT: Actually, I'm wondering if I might be fretting unnecessarily - looking at the rear of the boat/trailer, given it's on rollers, perhaps it doesn't need to be as deep as I think it does? Attached a photo to show the trailer set up...
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