Hey all! Love these forums.
We bought ourselves a fixer upper 22 in the spring and it was in the water already. We did a seasonal moorage and it's time to take it out of the water. Had a great season out on local water.
We've found ourselves a solid older trailer, manufactured by MacGregor and is the right length and weight capacity, tows well. However it needed some TLC so we've stripped it back, repainted, and are ready to add bunks.
The original layout of the bunks was unusual from what I've seen - it has east-west bunks. ie they were running from one side of the trailer to the center and then another bunk from center to the other side, creating a 'v' shape.
We're not sure whether replacing these will give us the support the swing keel Venture 22 needs or if we need to add north-south running bunks as are commonly seen.
Any ideas about how weight should be sitting, etc much appreciated, along with ideas about if this east-west setup will work. It'll be much more straightforward if we can use the east-west configuration as we'll build new bunks and be ready. But a north-south layout would need bunk risers u-bolted to the horizontal metal framing at the back and towards the front of the trailer.
Many thanks!!
We bought ourselves a fixer upper 22 in the spring and it was in the water already. We did a seasonal moorage and it's time to take it out of the water. Had a great season out on local water.
We've found ourselves a solid older trailer, manufactured by MacGregor and is the right length and weight capacity, tows well. However it needed some TLC so we've stripped it back, repainted, and are ready to add bunks.
The original layout of the bunks was unusual from what I've seen - it has east-west bunks. ie they were running from one side of the trailer to the center and then another bunk from center to the other side, creating a 'v' shape.
We're not sure whether replacing these will give us the support the swing keel Venture 22 needs or if we need to add north-south running bunks as are commonly seen.
Any ideas about how weight should be sitting, etc much appreciated, along with ideas about if this east-west setup will work. It'll be much more straightforward if we can use the east-west configuration as we'll build new bunks and be ready. But a north-south layout would need bunk risers u-bolted to the horizontal metal framing at the back and towards the front of the trailer.
Many thanks!!