Trailer's bow stop interferes with boat's bow eye... what to do

[TinnyTime]

Hi All,
I just swapped trailers, and got a small problem. The bow eye needs to skip up and over the trailer's bow stop roller to in order to fully seat the bow against the bow stop.
It doesn't roll up and over nicely, it digs the bow eye into the roller. This is going to tear up the bow stop roller, also the winch strap is bent over the roller as I'm winching the boat up on (not a straight shot on the strap).

Should I lower the bow stop bracket, while keeping the winch at the same height ?... this would require getting a longer bow stop bracket.

 

[sudsy]

can you flip it 180 degrees so the winch is below and the roller is facing up. Remove the two u bolts and flip it 180

 

[ship happens]

Why can't the bow eye just go under the roller, and the winch strap under the roller?

 

[N2013]

Ya I think it should go under the roller. The safety chain should be a straight, clear shot should it be “put to the test”. Not have to go over a roller.

 

[TinnyTime]

Ok, I'll going to go look at the rig, and see if it would make sense to have the bow eye stay below the roller.

Perhaps I'm winching the bow up high unnecessarily. New trailer still figuring it out.

 

[Eden Island]

Why can't the bow eye just go under the roller, and the winch strap under the roller?

That's how my trailer is - bow eye is under the roller.

It also looks like you could move the winch up or down the stand by loosening the 2 u-bolts - not needed imo.

 

[tinboatrobb]

You want the eye under the roller.

 

[bigbruce]

Sudsy”s suggestion of flipping the winch assembly would appear to result in the roller being above the bow eye. looks like the winch assembly is upside down the way it is now anyway.

 

[Alex_c]

I’d just drop the whole bow stop/winch bracket a couple inches down on the post

 

[scott craven]

I’d just drop the whole bow stop/winch bracket a couple inches down on the post

That would be the most logical and easiest fix.

 

[Nick R.]

Are the bunks adjustable at their front ends? Maybe the boat is too high on the trailer.

 

[Maxpri]

First just try running the strap underneath the roller, all my trailers go under.

 

[salmonkiller01]

Pretty sure bow eye under roller. Not much room to lift winch up but can you lower bunks or rollers so boat is lower?

 

[TinnyTime]

Pretty sure bow eye under roller. Not much room to lift winch up but can you lower bunks or rollers so boat is lower?

I think your right... will probably have to lower the bunks a bit. This weekend I'm going to the ramp to work on it.

 

[Alex_c]

Have you taken the 5 minutes to
lower the bow stop/winch and see if that fixes it? Might be worth a go before going right into adjusting bunks and whatnot.

 

[wolf]

Yes lower the winch, as you cant go higher. your kinda stuck on what ya can do it will be fine lower , make it so it clears that eye coming up , seen many just like that, id lower it so its just below that chime perosnally.

Good luck wolf

 

[TinnyTime]

I raised the bow stop bracket just enough... now the bow eye is able to just barely clear the bow stop underneath. I wish I had another half inch, ahwell.



Hook is pressed against the bow stop roller


I could still lower the bunks one notch.... that might be worth doing.

 

[gone fishin]

You could try a double bow rest.
Hook would come up between.
check with your local marine shop,
Los on the market

 

[Alex_c]

I wish I had another half inch, ahwell.

Sounds like something my old lady
would say

 

[Aquaholic]

Did you try the suggested "flipping the assembly upside down"? That would put the roller well above the bow eye. The pictures you share sure look like it would work. Then adjust the assembly height again.

Or, leave it as is and seeing if this snubber style of stop would work, as they are not as big as that wheel.