Hello proud parker owners! Joe on the west coast here with a question some of you east coasters may have a simple answer to! Firstly, my 03 2120 which I bought a couple years ago, has been has been kept in a slip for as long as I've owned her in san francisco, outside of haulouts matniance. Fortunately for me there is very nice ramp close by I can use with ease. I recently bought some property on the north coast humboldt county, and needless to say, the area is far from an established port city as is SF. There is a very nice town called shelter cove where I plan to keep the boat, but there isn't launch ramp. It's just a beach. So thay brings me to my question; have any of you SC owners launched off a beach before? If so, if you could share some insight on how you have done it, key points to look out for, thay would be very helpful. I've watched all the YouTube videos about it and to be honest, it seems easy when your launching a 15' super sport! But forthwith sport cabin I'm sure there is a few tricks! Thanks for any help you guys may have!
Beach launch a sport cabin.
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No way, with any sort of standard trailer. Those crazy Aussies will use super-long tongue trailers and tractors with a front hitch (seen a few videos-that is all of my expertise).
I am a "never say never" kind of dude, but without some special means of getting the boat out into a minimum depth of 30," I would be a big fat chicken.
I am a "never say never" kind of dude, but without some special means of getting the boat out into a minimum depth of 30," I would be a big fat chicken.
Yeah common sense told me " way too much boat" to just flip around like they say to do. that's cool for a zodiac or a outrage. Not a 4500# wet boat. I just figured I'd put it out there, maybe some new England striper fishermen said the bite on the beach wasn't in casting distance so they said were gonna figure it out! Thanks for the input. At the cove in question, there is a tractor service that set up correctly, but they only operate on the nicest days during the money making part of the season. No tractor for thebone boat thay wants to crab and eockfisk in the winter (me.) Anways, They really do go all out down there don't they! No need for a concrete ramp down there they got it worked out. Double sided trailers even! Trailer upgrades are pretty low on the list as per usual here's a pic of how their trailers are set up in shelter cove. Definitely custom, but every one is like this. Nice 23 too!
