Harry,

My brother-in-law has an electric for his 26 world cat... believe me, VERY
helpful! I an not sure of the brand, but as for wiring, he has it tied into
the plug for the trailer lights so it runs off of the battery in the truck.
That's the most advantageous way to handle the power.

Now, as for rain tolerance, he keeps the thing in his shop, so I can't help
you there!

J

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Yesterday, just for the hell of it, I did a solo launch and retrieval of
our Parker 25. The launch was easy, as I was using a deep ramp. The boat
just floated free of the trailer, so I tied it off and parked the tow
vehicle and trailer.

The retrieval was more complicated, but I was able to do it. I'm
wondering, though, whether it would be simpler to buy and install an
electric trailer winch with the capacity to pull the boat up into
position on the trailer. It's a bunk trailer, and, simply by tugging
hard on a line attached to the bow deck chock, I can get the boat pretty
much up on the trailer. I winch it up the remaining two feet using a
hand winch, and, while I can do it, it takes considerable effort. The
winch is sized properly for the boat...but it is a large, heavy boat.

Installing an electric winch on my trailer is not difficult. Where do
you put the battery, though? And...how long do these electric winches
last? I always see guys at the boat ramp struggling with "dead" electric
winches...do they burn out in a hurry? Does rain shorten their lives?

Advice? Brand recommendation? We're talking a 3-1/2 ton boat/motor/fuel
and gear load here, I'd guess.

Megalodon wrote:
Harry,

My brother-in-law has an electric for his 26 world cat... believe me, VERY
helpful! I an not sure of the brand, but as for wiring, he has it tied into
the plug for the trailer lights so it runs off of the battery in the truck.
That's the most advantageous way to handle the power.

I've going to try the "low" range on my manual winch first. Surely your
brother in law is running some heavy wire up to the battery from that
plug in the back, no? Gotta be a lot of current draw. Thanks!

Okay for the record everbody my boat is a 17' thirty year old Lucraft with
an 85 hp Johnson. It's hard to pretend to have a real boat with that kind
of reality, so you guys just keep chewing on poor Harry.

J

"jim--" wrote in message
...

"K. Smith" wrote in message
...

Just another of your lies hey Harry???

You don't own a boat & never have, not your latest manufactured lie
about the Parker nor the "lobster" boat you claim & you most certainly
didn't launch anything "on your own", the real owners of the Parker
would never ever allow that, not even regular paying charter customers.
You just make these stories up once & a while to try & pretend you're a
boater, to cover for your political lying spam.

Oh well I guess your boat lies are tame compared to your loony left
political lies, Harry the liar of the left.

Here's some of your previous lies, pasted in your own words of course,
about boats & a BS story you made up about your father in your sad
attempts to pretend you're something you're not, & what you are is well
below a turd on a stick.


Harry's own words;

"Have you ever sailed from San Francisco to Hawaii? I have.
Have you ever rounded Cape Horn? I have, twice.
Have you ever transited the Panama Canal? I have.
Have you owned more than 20 boats in your lifetime? I have.
Have you ever sailed large boats competitively? I have.
Have you ever been hundreds of miles from land in a powerboat
under your command? I have."

OR

"My father and his chief mechanic once crossed the Atlantic in
winter in a 22'boat powered by twin outboards. Yes, it is possible,
even the fuel. Got a "fireboat" welcome in NYC."




Krause recently claimed his wife was a doctor and working towards a
PhD....he said he calls her doctor-doctor. When challenged, he backed
down
on the claim.

I made a $10,000 bet with Krause that he did not own a custom made 36 foot
lobster boat. I offered to fly down at my own expense. He turned down
the
bet.

Don't forget his previous claim of owning a Hatteras...yet he was found to
be a liar on this claim also.

He has a history of having to fabricate stories about his life for some
strange reason. All lies. His real life must be pretty darn boring.

How sad it is for him to have to wake up each morning and realizing he has
to go through another day living the nightmare life of Harry Krause.

That's why wiching the thing is wearing you out, Harrry. You're manhandling
the thing.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Wayne.B wrote:

One of the guys on a fishing board suggested I make sure I am in "low"
gear when winding up the winch, and you know, that never occurred to
me...I do have a two-speed winch, and I've never tried "low."

Megalodon wrote:

Okay for the record everbody my boat is a 17' thirty year old Lucraft with
an 85 hp Johnson. It's hard to pretend to have a real boat with that kind
of reality, so you guys just keep chewing on poor Harry.



If you're in my area, get in touch and I'll take you out fishing on my
imaginary boat. You can buy the bait.

BTW, there are megalodon teeth in a cliff within frisbee distance of my
location.

Oh yeah, he increased wiring to an 8 guage to handle the extra load. He
spliced it in at first with the lights and the winch just kinda laughed at
him. Of course, he had to re-wire a new plug for the thing.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Megalodon wrote:
Harry,

My brother-in-law has an electric for his 26 world cat... believe me,
VERY
helpful! I an not sure of the brand, but as for wiring, he has it tied
into
the plug for the trailer lights so it runs off of the battery in the
truck.
That's the most advantageous way to handle the power.

I've going to try the "low" range on my manual winch first. Surely your
brother in law is running some heavy wire up to the battery from that
plug in the back, no? Gotta be a lot of current draw. Thanks!

He invites it and enjoys it in a sick way.


"Megalodon" wrote in message
ink.net...
Okay for the record everbody my boat is a 17' thirty year old Lucraft with
an 85 hp Johnson. It's hard to pretend to have a real boat with that kind
of reality, so you guys just keep chewing on poor Harry.

J

"jim--" wrote in message
...

"K. Smith" wrote in message
...

Just another of your lies hey Harry???

You don't own a boat & never have, not your latest manufactured lie
about the Parker nor the "lobster" boat you claim & you most certainly
didn't launch anything "on your own", the real owners of the Parker
would never ever allow that, not even regular paying charter
customers.
You just make these stories up once & a while to try & pretend you're
a
boater, to cover for your political lying spam.

Oh well I guess your boat lies are tame compared to your loony left
political lies, Harry the liar of the left.

Here's some of your previous lies, pasted in your own words of course,
about boats & a BS story you made up about your father in your sad
attempts to pretend you're something you're not, & what you are is
well
below a turd on a stick.


Harry's own words;

"Have you ever sailed from San Francisco to Hawaii? I have.
Have you ever rounded Cape Horn? I have, twice.
Have you ever transited the Panama Canal? I have.
Have you owned more than 20 boats in your lifetime? I have.
Have you ever sailed large boats competitively? I have.
Have you ever been hundreds of miles from land in a powerboat
under your command? I have."

OR

"My father and his chief mechanic once crossed the Atlantic in
winter in a 22'boat powered by twin outboards. Yes, it is possible,
even the fuel. Got a "fireboat" welcome in NYC."




Krause recently claimed his wife was a doctor and working towards a
PhD....he said he calls her doctor-doctor. When challenged, he backed
down
on the claim.

I made a $10,000 bet with Krause that he did not own a custom made 36
foot
lobster boat. I offered to fly down at my own expense. He turned down
the
bet.

Don't forget his previous claim of owning a Hatteras...yet he was found
to
be a liar on this claim also.

He has a history of having to fabricate stories about his life for some
strange reason. All lies. His real life must be pretty darn boring.

How sad it is for him to have to wake up each morning and realizing he
has
to go through another day living the nightmare life of Harry Krause.

First make sure the trailer is level side to side on the ramp, then just
power the boat up onto the trailer ... too easy.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Yesterday, just for the hell of it, I did a solo launch and retrieval of
our Parker 25. The launch was easy, as I was using a deep ramp. The boat
just floated free of the trailer, so I tied it off and parked the tow
vehicle and trailer.

The retrieval was more complicated, but I was able to do it. I'm
wondering, though, whether it would be simpler to buy and install an
electric trailer winch with the capacity to pull the boat up into
position on the trailer. It's a bunk trailer, and, simply by tugging
hard on a line attached to the bow deck chock, I can get the boat pretty
much up on the trailer. I winch it up the remaining two feet using a
hand winch, and, while I can do it, it takes considerable effort. The
winch is sized properly for the boat...but it is a large, heavy boat.

Installing an electric winch on my trailer is not difficult. Where do
you put the battery, though? And...how long do these electric winches
last? I always see guys at the boat ramp struggling with "dead" electric
winches...do they burn out in a hurry? Does rain shorten their lives?

Advice? Brand recommendation? We're talking a 3-1/2 ton boat/motor/fuel
and gear load here, I'd guess.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Megalodon wrote:

Okay for the record everbody my boat is a 17' thirty year old Lucraft
with
an 85 hp Johnson. It's hard to pretend to have a real boat with that
kind
of reality, so you guys just keep chewing on poor Harry.



If you're in my area, get in touch and I'll take you out fishing on my
imaginary boat. You can buy the bait.


Here is the scenario:

Megalodon takes Harry up on the offer.

He arrives only to have Harry say: "Oh gee, sorry, but the boat is in the
shop. I would have called you but lost your number."

Megalodon says: "That's OK. Can I at least see the boat?"

Harry stumbles and says "Sorry, it was taken to a specialty shop 100 miles
from here. But you can see my (friends) 25 footer."

Nice try Krause.

jim-- wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Megalodon wrote:

Okay for the record everbody my boat is a 17' thirty year old Lucraft
with
an 85 hp Johnson. It's hard to pretend to have a real boat with that
kind
of reality, so you guys just keep chewing on poor Harry.



If you're in my area, get in touch and I'll take you out fishing on my
imaginary boat. You can buy the bait.


Here is the scenario:

Megalodon takes Harry up on the offer.

He arrives only to have Harry say: "Oh gee, sorry, but the boat is in the
shop. I would have called you but lost your number."

Megalodon says: "That's OK. Can I at least see the boat?"

Harry stumbles and says "Sorry, it was taken to a specialty shop 100 miles
from here. But you can see my (friends) 25 footer."

Nice try Krause.



Sorry, dicklicker, but my boats are always in tip-top shape, are
maintained locally (very locally) and are unlikely to both be down at
the same time. Unlike your boat and the rest of your life, eh?