Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: CV720 Continental trailer for 1983 Montauk

Posted by Finnegan on 07/29/15 - 9:05 AM
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Double 12" keel rollers, on three cross members, is definitely overkill for this trailer and a Montauk, but if you want to spend the extra $50/roller, you can't go wrong. Even with only one 12" roller per cross member, mine launches and retrieves so effortlessly a child could wind up the winch.

If you are going to stay with the two rollers/crossmember detail, use four bolts per set, with the top two bolts laying across the top of the frame, and the lower two going through the pre-drilled holes in the crossmember. This detail makes it impossible for the roller frames to drop down. See photo of how I do it.

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/lgolt...5067881201

On my CV-7, with only one roller per cross member, the two drilled holes work fine with no settlement, since the boat is so light.

For transom tiedowns, you will have to change the side mounted eye bolts (which hold on the tail light brackets) to rear mounted. They provide a drilled hole in the rear frame for this purpose. See photo:

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/lgolt...4048526577