How to Launch a Boat From a Trailer
With people having nothing to do most of the time nowadays, they tend to go ahead and try and follow up some random interests from time to time. One of the interests that people have developed, is to own and ride their very own boats.
Now this is something that isn’t out of the ordinary and it isn’t very hard to do either. However, sometimes people still tend to find this to be a little odd.
Nonetheless, for boat owners the hardest part about owning a boat, is to actually take it down to the water body and then launch it directly from their trailer. Not many people know how to do this, and they tend to often end up getting confused over what needs to be done when they are near the water body.
Instructions
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Firstly you need to go on and position the boat down the launch ramp. This is the first thing you need to do on your way to placing your boat in a position where you can ride it. Before you do so, you need to make sure that the boats drain plug is in place.
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Now you need to go on and unhinge and remove the tie down straps and cables on the boat, as you slowly start to back the boat down the trailer.
Make sure that the trailers wheels are submerged in water while you are doing so, in order to make the transition a whole lot easier for you and everyone else. -
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After doing this, you need to remove the locking pin on the trailer and the start to shove the boat out of the trailer. If you have a lot of problems when you are pushing the boat off, then you need to either use more force, or reposition yourself, so that you can have a better impact on the boat with your pushing.
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Now you need to hold the boat in shallow water, as you top the motor back into the water to start it. Once it is up and running, you need to move it to the dock and then tie it over there.
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After doing this return to your trailer and pull it back out of the water by driving it away. Don’t do this in a hurry, or you could end up getting stuck in the water.
