My 216 ended up with a dent in the bow where the winch pulls the bow against the "bow rest" (or whatever it is called). My old bow rest was a blue soft plastic roller which Hunter has since upgraded to a V-shaped rest which I have installed. Hunter told me that too much pressure between the bow and bow rest will heat the plastic softening it and, in my case, causing a discolored dent. The V-shaped rest is supposed to take care of this by distributing the pressure over a larger area. But...one of the guys in my club with a Thistle clued me into the real trick: Don't winch the bow enough to even touch the bow rest. Duh! I now winch the bow to within about 1/2 inch of the bow rest and stop. There is absolutely no reason to winch it tighter! This way, there is no stress on the bow at all. I have found that the boat will expand enough when it gets hot to force the bow against the bow rest! I can't even imagine the pressure on the bow when I used to winch it up tight then the boat expanded in the sun.