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1972 Century Coronado

I just realized you have a true inboard motor with the screw(prop) underneath the boat. Did you ever post any pictures of inside the cuddy?
 
there is no cubby to speak of. there is a wall right past the windsheild that gives a little leg room. behind the wall is air ducts and wiring. and it is only about 3 or 4 feet until the nose of the boat. also the shifter that is actually on the steering column attaches to the wall. you can see the wall in this picture just past the dash, it has an upper piece that runs the top and another angled piece that goes to the floor.

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so tonight I got outside and did some more work on the trailer. I decided to take the long side runners and cut them down to fit under the keel from the front to the first cross member. Hopefully it will support the front more and help guide the boat on the trailer. you can also see damage to the keel done by the prior ownes :brickwall: because of the front roller bracket has actually been letting the boat sit and rub on the bracket as the roller center is even with the top of the bracket :mad:. I am going to replace this soon. but after this is done hopefully the boat will launch better and load easier. but this is why I have always tried to get the boat as deep as possible so it will just float off. but it does make it harder to load that way. also every time I get under the boat I am reminded of the fiberglass work I need to do once the trailer will not rub the boat raw again :pissed:.

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and the new shorter side runners.

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I finally got a chance to adjust the the fender mount to give more room for the tires. I had to grind the welds to get the brackets off the frame. but I bolted it back on so If I need to adjust it later I can.

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and of course the best part is my helper

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ok i got to do some more work on the trailer today as I wait for the parts to show up for the distributor.

here are my new side guide because without them the boat will float off the side of the trailer. this weekend it actually floated over the top of one of the guides and was a pain to get it to stay straight.

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I also modified the bracket that the boat was setting on and straighten it. it was straight across.

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I really like the boat. Don't give up on her.

The top is totally different from anything you see out there today. I love the "sunroof".

I think I need a "little helper" soon...

HD
 
Did those side guides come bent or did you do that to get angle correct? I bet it's a PITA trying load the boat in a pulling current/tide without the guides.:brickwall:
 
those are self made and bent. they were the legs to and old swing set and 1.5" PVC. I am planning on getting some better ones at some point but for now these will work. It took me almost 30 minutes to get the boat out of the water last weekend because the current was so bad. the boat was actually floating over the top of the guides that were on it. these should be high enough to keep the boat in place. we will see this weekend!!
 
I thought you bought them. That's great idea to use what you had. You could buy some bigger diameter pvc pipe to slide over the setup to act as rollers. Probably enough to cover the metal part.
 
Thats a good Idea. I may do that. I have a friend that just took a set of the guide poles off his trailer and he may give them to me. I may use them as a second set or to replace these so they are stronger. but I try to reuse anything that I can.
 
nathan said:
Thats a good Idea. I may do that. I have a friend that just took a set of the guide poles off his trailer and he may give them to me. I may use them as a second set or to replace these so they are stronger. but I try to reuse anything that I can.
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Nathan if that falls thru for ya try this. Go to Lowes get some 1.5" black iron threaded pipe and 45* elbows. You can buy them in different lengths. You can build an inexpensive set of guides for your boat trailer. Add some pvc over the pipe and your good to go!!:thumb:
 
thats a good idea too. speaking of repurposing here is my latest project tonight. the ladder for the swim platforms on the back of the boat were to short to be usable. so I took one of the four step ladders that you hang on the side of the boat. I cut it in two sections and next I am going to put them in place of the original ao we can use them.

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I forgot to mention you'll need some U-bolts and end caps for the pipe to keep water out. Looking at your trailer you might be able to use 90* elbows instead of the 45*.
 
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