I have a client with no internet access who asked me to pose a question. When trailering his 140 and winching the boat the last 1-2 feet up on the trailer, seems to put much stress on the forestay. what do other 140 sailors do? Has any one installed a lift eye? How difficult was this?
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Charlie Champagne
Trailering Hunter 140 aka JY14
Be carefull, I just found out the hard way the Stemhead fitting on the bow of the JY14 does not appear to be capable of handling the forces necessary to pull the boat onto a trailer. While I was pulling the boat up onto the trailer with a manual winch the bow bent, broke, and the fitting pulled loose. The fitting is only attached at the bow by two bolts and a small backing plate in the forward two holes and two "screws" in the rear two holes. At this time JY Sailboats sold me a repair kit for this problem, but I still have to make the repair. It would be nice to see JY Sailboats do a better job of strengthing the bow so one person can safely remove the boat from the water and place it on a trailer. I recommend two people to load the boat onto a trailer, one to gently work the winch and the other to push.
Be carefull, I just found out the hard way the Stemhead fitting on the bow of the JY14 does not appear to be capable of handling the forces necessary to pull the boat onto a trailer. While I was pulling the boat up onto the trailer with a manual winch the bow bent, broke, and the fitting pulled loose. The fitting is only attached at the bow by two bolts and a small backing plate in the forward two holes and two "screws" in the rear two holes. At this time JY Sailboats sold me a repair kit for this problem, but I still have to make the repair. It would be nice to see JY Sailboats do a better job of strengthing the bow so one person can safely remove the boat from the water and place it on a trailer. I recommend two people to load the boat onto a trailer, one to gently work the winch and the other to push.
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Paul Housman
Trailering a H140
Linda, I bought a large stainless ubolt. I put it in the hole in front of the forestay. I moved the winching assembly up so that the pulling force is as horizontal as possible. This should work. Have been sailing the 140 for about two years and love it. It's easy to get on and off the trailer. Feel free to email me with any more questions. Paul phh51@aol.com
Linda, I bought a large stainless ubolt. I put it in the hole in front of the forestay. I moved the winching assembly up so that the pulling force is as horizontal as possible. This should work. Have been sailing the 140 for about two years and love it. It's easy to get on and off the trailer. Feel free to email me with any more questions. Paul phh51@aol.com
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Michael Stuart
Trailer into water more
I have a 170. But, like the 140 it's trailered, at least twice a year. The solution to the winching problem is simple. Put the trailer deeper into the water so that the boat is just barely not floating when winched completely in. That way, the winch does not have to pull up as much weight, the eye on the front of the boat does not have to take as much stress, and everything is less likely to bend or break. Same in reverse when launching the boat. The boat should be practically floating when unwinding the winch for launching. If the trailer gets wet, it will still work fine afterwards. The boat also slides better when it and the trailer are wet.
I have a 170. But, like the 140 it's trailered, at least twice a year. The solution to the winching problem is simple. Put the trailer deeper into the water so that the boat is just barely not floating when winched completely in. That way, the winch does not have to pull up as much weight, the eye on the front of the boat does not have to take as much stress, and everything is less likely to bend or break. Same in reverse when launching the boat. The boat should be practically floating when unwinding the winch for launching. If the trailer gets wet, it will still work fine afterwards. The boat also slides better when it and the trailer are wet.
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Dave Condon
Bow eye
Linda, Candice knows me. Here is what I do. Buy an inspection port with a bag for storage and place forward near the bow. At this point, you will be able to install a bow eye with a metal backing plate. What you have done is to put a bow eye on the boat which it should have and storage too. The container storage bag is the style you find on catamarans and the old weathermark folks have that. When putting on the inspection port, I use 5200 but make sure to sand the area under the lip of the inspection port for good adhension Crazy Dave
Linda, Candice knows me. Here is what I do. Buy an inspection port with a bag for storage and place forward near the bow. At this point, you will be able to install a bow eye with a metal backing plate. What you have done is to put a bow eye on the boat which it should have and storage too. The container storage bag is the style you find on catamarans and the old weathermark folks have that. When putting on the inspection port, I use 5200 but make sure to sand the area under the lip of the inspection port for good adhension Crazy Dave
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Lee Bridges
H140 launching
You might suggest your client take a close look at the boat while its on the trailer. It sounds like the winch may have slipped at some point and its placement doesn't match the hull very well on the trailer. Having the trailer winch in line with the stemplate (basically the same height as the stemplate when the boat is on the trailer) and having the trailer bunks partially submerged when launching/retriving should help alot. On the ramps I have used I have rarely needed to use the winch to pull the boat onto the trailer as it pulls on with the painter quite easily. If your doing some rugged bank or beach launching the installation of a bow eye would probably be a good idea.
You might suggest your client take a close look at the boat while its on the trailer. It sounds like the winch may have slipped at some point and its placement doesn't match the hull very well on the trailer. Having the trailer winch in line with the stemplate (basically the same height as the stemplate when the boat is on the trailer) and having the trailer bunks partially submerged when launching/retriving should help alot. On the ramps I have used I have rarely needed to use the winch to pull the boat onto the trailer as it pulls on with the painter quite easily. If your doing some rugged bank or beach launching the installation of a bow eye would probably be a good idea.
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Paul Housman
Oooops, trailering an H140
Linda ,Checked my bow connection this weekend. It haas three holes in it . The one closest to the inside of the boat has the furling jib attached to it. The one in the middle has the stainless ubolt I was talking about. It can be picked up at any sailing store. The other suggestions mentioned are also good. Paul
Linda ,Checked my bow connection this weekend. It haas three holes in it . The one closest to the inside of the boat has the furling jib attached to it. The one in the middle has the stainless ubolt I was talking about. It can be picked up at any sailing store. The other suggestions mentioned are also good. Paul
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