I have a tape setup for pic... But then I got distracted with pokemon... Now it's dark.
  It's 12" on the trailing end of the keel to the main hull.  On my 2011 hull.

On Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 5:44 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Peter,
>
> I’d find a different dock builder.  I’ve used the kind of trailer your
> dock builder is proposing for a Hunter 26.  It was an exercise in nail
> biting both getting the boat on and off the trailer and it required several
> helpers to line the hull up.  For me, the style of cradle with the long
> flexible boards would be nonnegotiable and I’d tell the guy to take a hike
> if he won’t do it.  You’d be surprised what people will do when you won’t
> budge.
>
> As far as your keel depth, I recommend you take a measurement on the
> trailing edge.  The hull is pretty flat there and the keel tapers down to a
> fine edge.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 8, 2021, at 6:28 PM, peter klappert <koatimundi100 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Friends: I need to know how far the trunk extends below the belly of the
> > hull.
> >
> > Although I was able to provide a drawing of the trailer cradle, my dock
> > builder can't or won't use it--the kind of cradle the Rhodes 22 has used
> > for 50 years.
> > .
> > He says he can't make a cradle with the long, flexible boards.  He wants
> to
> > make a cradle modeled on those used for bigger boats--keel boats, using
> > straight bunks on each side of the trunk and flexible stanchions to
> steady
> > the hull.
> >
> > That will require more meticulous maneuvering coming in and, I think,
> risks
> > damage to the hull.
> > I don't like it, but I think I'm stuck with it.
> >
> > Advice will be very welcome.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
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> > *Peter Klappert5012 Bay State Road Palmetto, FL 34221*
>