I need to build a new trailer for my O'Day 22. I have the frame from an older trailer (different boat) but need the measurements for the bunks (or rollers) for the 22. Does any one know where I can find these? anyone in the area (Central/Southern CA) have a trailer I can check out? thanks Zay
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trailer size
No, I need to build a trailer for the boat, but since the boat is in the water, I cant take the measurements I need. I need to get the right height for the posts, the length of the bunks, and all that sort of stuff before I start welding stuff away
AND it's got to fit the FIRST time when I pull it out of the water... I had borrowed a trailer before but lost track of its owner... thanks, anyway. Happy sailing. Zay
No, I need to build a trailer for the boat, but since the boat is in the water, I cant take the measurements I need. I need to get the right height for the posts, the length of the bunks, and all that sort of stuff before I start welding stuff away
AND it's got to fit the FIRST time when I pull it out of the water... I had borrowed a trailer before but lost track of its owner... thanks, anyway. Happy sailing. Zay
Bunk height
I have a 222 and the average height of my bunks is about 19" from the top of the trailer's cross members to the bottom of the bunk board. It's going to be impossible to get the right height the first time, but even if the height of the bunks is a little high, that's OK. Better a little high with the keel an inch or two off the trailer's keel board, than having the bunks too low and the boat leaning to one side when you pull it up the ramp. Also, the 24" extension brackets are bolted on with "U" bolt type brackets and there is no welding involved. Once you get her loaded on the trailer, you can get the proper tongue weight and adjust the height of the bunks with the boat on the trailer using jacks. At any rate, the bunks will hold the boat up until you can get it on level ground to do the adjustment. The day that I brought my new trailer down, I had taken some rough measurements off my old roller trailer and brought two of my sailboat stands down to the club with me along with a bathroom scale. I set my bunks up just a little higher than needed and pulled my boat out. The keel was about 1 or 2 inches off the keel board and I needed to get about 210 LBS of tongue weight on my trailer. I checked it by unhooking my coupler and setting it on a bathroom scale raised on a block to a level position. The tongue weight was a little heavy, so I backed the boat down the ramp and let it float back a few inches on the trailer and checked it again. Then it was a matter of lowering the boat with my two jacks and taking measurements. I moved the winch stanchion right back to the bow and tightened the bolts. It didn't take me long at all. When I lowered my boat down, I place two of my sailboat stands on the stern of my boat and the jacks under the middle extension brackets on both sides of the trailer. It's not that hard but it does take a little planning. The 22 will take a roller trailer with no problem, but getting it fitted will be easier if you can get the boat out of the water and set on stands so that you can get the measurements. Look through the archives on this site. I've posted a lot of pictures and info on both bunk trailers and roller trailers. Good luck with that. Joe
I have a 222 and the average height of my bunks is about 19" from the top of the trailer's cross members to the bottom of the bunk board. It's going to be impossible to get the right height the first time, but even if the height of the bunks is a little high, that's OK. Better a little high with the keel an inch or two off the trailer's keel board, than having the bunks too low and the boat leaning to one side when you pull it up the ramp. Also, the 24" extension brackets are bolted on with "U" bolt type brackets and there is no welding involved. Once you get her loaded on the trailer, you can get the proper tongue weight and adjust the height of the bunks with the boat on the trailer using jacks. At any rate, the bunks will hold the boat up until you can get it on level ground to do the adjustment. The day that I brought my new trailer down, I had taken some rough measurements off my old roller trailer and brought two of my sailboat stands down to the club with me along with a bathroom scale. I set my bunks up just a little higher than needed and pulled my boat out. The keel was about 1 or 2 inches off the keel board and I needed to get about 210 LBS of tongue weight on my trailer. I checked it by unhooking my coupler and setting it on a bathroom scale raised on a block to a level position. The tongue weight was a little heavy, so I backed the boat down the ramp and let it float back a few inches on the trailer and checked it again. Then it was a matter of lowering the boat with my two jacks and taking measurements. I moved the winch stanchion right back to the bow and tightened the bolts. It didn't take me long at all. When I lowered my boat down, I place two of my sailboat stands on the stern of my boat and the jacks under the middle extension brackets on both sides of the trailer. It's not that hard but it does take a little planning. The 22 will take a roller trailer with no problem, but getting it fitted will be easier if you can get the boat out of the water and set on stands so that you can get the measurements. Look through the archives on this site. I've posted a lot of pictures and info on both bunk trailers and roller trailers. Good luck with that. Joe
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