Prop hitting Boatmate prop guard.

[aromeo]

I have owned inboard boats for 16 years and have never once power loaded my boats. Always float on and float off and never an issue. Doesn't look cool but also don't have any battle scars.

[swatguy]

The issue isn’t really related to the trailer configuration it’s more combo of launch ramp angle and depth. These newer deeper style hull’d boats are even more finicky. Sounds like you dinged the trailer on the reverse off the trailer . Usually that means trailer wasn’t deep enough. You had to throttle off so hard the boat got sucked sideways due to the prop torque. And whamo. When I was a mfg rep I traveled to hundreds of different lakes with so many different launch angles and styles it became an art form.

launching is always a two step process for me. This is way lot of the older reps taught me due to all the variations. We would back the trailer in far enough for the *** end of the boat to be just deep enough to start and get running. I’d unhook the winch , get back in the truck put truck in reverse for about 2 ft and then tap the brakes to “launch” the boat off the trailer with a little momentum. Driver of the boat never engaged reverse tik it cleared the trailer. This way it saves you from the prop ding aspect or a crooked off load you get and a low guide pole top dings your graphic.



now more specific to my current Eagle trailer , ( which i I comppleyely despise it loads and unloads like **** , but tracks on the eway better than anything I’ve ever driven ). My loading procedure is also two steps usually. Finding that sweet spot on different launches is nightmare fuel for me with my Eagle and 320lbs lead in nose . It has no forward bunks or keel roller to support the bow portion except the winch roller , so finding that exact spot where the nose doesn’t dip below the winch roller and you can glide right up with few cranks is harder than all ****. So retrieval for me is now just a two step process. I back in submerge alll bunks completely then pull up to a point where I error on too far out of the water. Driver of boat gets lined up gets 3/4 on the trailer ( keeps prop from not being anywhere near the guar) . When they hit the Magic resistance point of the bunks, I then go back to the truck, back up another foot or so and crank the boat the remainder of way. I gave up on trying to find a single location and just an resigned to the fact the it’s a two position retrieval and it’s made things actually much easier.


each boat/trailer combo is slightly different , but that’s what works for me.