Barry,

On the 'official' Rhodes 22 trailer, the lower 'supports' close to the keel are actually guides.  These serve to center the boat on the trailer.  As the boat and trailer are pulled from the water, the boat settles onto the upper supports.  No weight is actually carried by the guide rails.

--Peter

> On 2024-02-28, at 11:30:12 EST, BARRY RUEHLEN wrote:
>
> Thank you .Don, Rick, Peter,Mike,Todd, Chris, Everyone
> Don a picture would be very helpful.
>  As always, the group comes forth with much information and help. I have read 
> many postings over the past two and a half years of our Rhodes restoration, and 
> bunk placement and bearing areas is still very confusing to me. (our Rhodes came 
> on some half baked old sailboat trailer). I have read that even though the 
> centerboard hangs proud of the keel, it is ok to rest the boat on it, and I've 
> read that it is not ok to rest the boat on it. I have read that the best place 
> to support the boat is close to the keel where the structure is thickest, and 
> the side supports are just for stabilization, and I have read the opposite. In 
> fact I believe that I have read that too much support on the side bunks can 
> cause deformity in the hull. The trailer diagrams that the group just sent me 
> show great dimensions for a side support system, but the actual trailer pictures 
> of a Triad show bottom support close to the keel. and additional side supports. 
>  I suspect that the best supporting system for a boatlift might be to have the 
> bottom straight bunks close to the keel as in the picture for main support, and 
> then side supports per the CAD drawing with firm to moderate bearing support. 
>  Sorry for my confusion. We've put a lot of love into this Rhodes restoration, 
> and I don't want to screw this up. 
> Best,
> Barry Ruehlen
> S/V Perserverance '87
> 
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