Alexis,
Glad to hear the price not high, and I think you were wise to have a yard
do something of this magnitude.
Many of us have had these ‘learning experiences’ (mine involved a mast
going sideways on raising it, snapping the mast foot) and its great to have
this learning happen on or right by the shore!!
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 5:33 PM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> I don't know that ramps are rated as far as slope. There are two at the
> lake I sail at and are generally thought of as the shallow ramp and the
> deep ramp. Anyone with a fin or fixed keel boat have to launch at the deep
> ramp while us with a swing keel can launch at the shallow ramp. But even
> then if the lake is low the shallow ramp becomes a challenge.
>> ________________________________
> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of
> Mike Riter <mike at traildesign.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 4:54 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Launch... and the of an epic failure
>> That's a great question Jeff. I'm curious to see what others say.
> My ramp (Lake Hartwell, GA) is steep and it holds the trailer at a sharp
> angle to the boat. After scraping the bottom of the bow on the metal cross
> member of my trailer a few times I installed a second keel roller there to
> stop the problem.
>> Michael Riter
> President, Trail Design Specialists, Inc.
> Lead Instructor, Trail Master and mechanized training
>mike at traildesign.com> 678-410-8021
>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 1:57 PM JeffSmith <jeffsmithphoto at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> > Hi Rob,
> > It may be my local ramp is on the shallow side... Are ramps categorized
> in
> > any way? Especially the slope?
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Jeff Smith
> > 2009 R22 #101 RADIANT
> > Atlantic Highlands Municpal Harbor
> > Atlantic Highlands, NJ
> >
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>
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