Quote Originally Posted by peke View Post

FishTaco, Watch that snorting! Tea is NOT good for your sinuses! :D I think you are right about the paddle wheeling. I think that is what is happening. I am going way too slow and at the wrong angle. I try to drive it straight up after aligning it in the center. When you said to come in at an angle, do you mean like a 45 degree angle with the bow going past the trailer, then turning it at the last second? I am not sure I have the right picture in my mind.
You can feel the boat pulling to one side or another, don't fight it, work with it. If you notice that the back of the boat is going to the right when you're trying to go straight, then work with that. Approach a lil crooked so that the sideways movement tends to straighten you up, even though you are not turning the wheel.

This will mean that the back of the boat and the front of the boat are not in a straight line with the center of the trailer, but will be by the time you get there. You'll have to decide how far off straight you approach, but a 45 is too much.

This all varies a bit from boat to boat, so practice on your boat is what is going to tell you how much, how fast and when you straighten the wheel.

Its just like anything else. You have to do it a few times and let your brain work out how best you like to do it.

GL and I'm sorry to hear about your husband. Find you a young net man to take with ya. That'll get him back on the water quick!