As yet another person who just purchased a new-to-me Catalina 22 one of the things I've been trying to figure out how deep the water needs to be at the boat ramp.
There's a lot of ramps in my area, though there's a lot more power boaters here than sail boats. Maybe I've just read too many horror stories of people backing too far down the ramp, or having the trailer tires drop into a hole at the end of the ramp, etc. I thought that before splash-day I'd go scout a couple of the likely ramps and look for potential gotchas. My main thought is (obviously) the water needs to be deep enough to float the boat off of the trailer. But., are there other things that more seasoned pros look for? The only thing I've trailer launched is a small power boat so it's never been something I've though of.. until now.
thanks
There's a lot of ramps in my area, though there's a lot more power boaters here than sail boats. Maybe I've just read too many horror stories of people backing too far down the ramp, or having the trailer tires drop into a hole at the end of the ramp, etc. I thought that before splash-day I'd go scout a couple of the likely ramps and look for potential gotchas. My main thought is (obviously) the water needs to be deep enough to float the boat off of the trailer. But., are there other things that more seasoned pros look for? The only thing I've trailer launched is a small power boat so it's never been something I've though of.. until now.
thanks