The Complete Guide to Trailering Your Boat: How to Select, Use, Maintain, and Improve Boat TrailersMaster the most difficult part of boating before hitting the water This comprehensive guide will help you gain confidence, develop skills, and avoid boat-ramp and highway mishaps when trailering your boat. The book includes easy-to-follow, heavily illustrated instructions on driving, backing, launching, retrieving, and tying down your boat; trailer maintenance; and selecting tow vehicles, hitches, trailers, and towing accessories. |
Contents
| 1 | |
2 Choosing Your Vehicle | 7 |
3 Trailer Hitches | 42 |
4 Choosing and Equipping Your Trailer | 53 |
5 The Art of Towing | 83 |
6 Launching and Retrieving Your Boat | 105 |
7 Trailering Sailboats | 129 |
8 Maintenance | 141 |
Suppliers | 155 |
Resources for Trailering Laws in the United States and Canada | 158 |
Index | 163 |
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Page 135 - ... the distance from the bottom of the keel to the top of the quarter-deck stringer, which is 26' 10" or a result of 6
Page 105 - It can lower your gas mileage by 33 percent at highway speeds and by 5 percent around town.
Page vi - Right Turn on Red: Permitted unless otherwise posted. Left Turn on Red: Permitted, from one-way street into one-way left, unless otherwise posted. Towing Autos: See Appendix, General Information Section, for basic requirements. Registration of towed motor vehicles not required. Towed vehicles must have a driver or be equipped with an adequate towing device (tow dolly, drawbar, lift arm) which compels it to remain in the course of the towing vehicle.
Page 105 - If your car has a faulty oxygen sensor, your gas mileage may improve as much as 40 percent.
Page 105 - Each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional $0.20 per gallon — or more — for gas.
Page 62 - The problem with this, however, is that it is based on the manufacturer's assumptions of how the boat is loaded and equipped.
Page 77 - Press the grease-based bearing protector into place with a rubber mallet or a hammer and a block of wood.