On our 19' powerboat with a cuddly cabin and 115 hp outboard, launching and retrieving was difficult with carpeted bunks as the boat is heavy. It gave even the power winch a real strain. We put some slick plastic panels that are made to go on top of the bunks on there and it's like greased lightning now. This boat has an aluminum hull and rollers are not recommended as they tend to deform aluminum boats. They come in different lengths and are a snap to install. So they give full support, and are slick. Burt Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 19, 2019, at 2:24 PM, Rusty Knorr via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Oh boy, here’s a can of worms!
I have rollers on my ‘83 M-15, I think it’s probably the original trailer, and no deformation of the hull at all. I LOVE the rollers because it makes launching and retrieving so easy and foolproof. I can’t imagine with the quality of these boats and their fiberglass layup that the damage to a hull could be cause by anything but abuse such as high speed driving over rough roads with insufficient suspension or letting the boat bounce on the rollers. Rollers have been used on all manner of boats for decades without issue, but I hear lots of stories of hull damage. Makes me wonder what is actually happening to cause it.
Rusty Knorr M-15 “Vanilla”