Jim,

the trailer looks great! Looks very strong for the boat she's carrying.

excellent clearance too!




Noli

Thanks for all the compliments, it was fun to build.

I notice you don't have a bow stopper. Is there reason why not ? I see the strap on the bow going towards that back.

A bow stop moves up and down against the aluminum rub rail on a Skater creating wear marks. To me that looks bad. The strap stops the hull in the correct location each time. I did not see any bow stops on cats in the race pits in Sarasota. My previous trailer had none also.

Here is a new fairing pad I had made to change the dash look.

My factory Skater trailer does not have one either. Just use the straps like Jim

Oh okay. Our Skater trailer has one. Like the fairing pad.

I fabricated a bow stop out of aluminum and added it to my trailer to serve as a point of reference when loading and to offer another level of safety when towing. I position the boat approx. 1" from the stop to keep the "rubbing" from happening and to allow the cover to fit around the front of the boat.

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Trailer towed great, can not tell it's back there. Had a great run with High Risk.

I tried to get Double Rigged to trailer north a few miles, but he wanted to stay in the South a Florida RAIN. :)

You skater guys are all the same. Just a few miles/MPH. More like 400 or so!!!!
Mama always said I did not have a enough sense to come out of the rain!
Made progress on motors today....

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ZP,

I see that you used C-Channel beams for this build.

Would an aluminum Box-Tube beam also be an option on your trailer builds?







< C-Channel >
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< Box Tube and I-beam >

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