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My first boat....16ft Ouachita fixer upper
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<blockquote data-quote="BassBlaster" data-source="post: 302051" data-attributes="member: 2865"><p>Nice rig!!!</p><p></p><p>My guess on that piece of metel bolted to the nose is that it was to reinforce the handle since thats what they are pulling on with the trailer winch. The aluminum itself is very thin there and it wouldnt take much to pull the handle off since its designed to lift the boat, not pull it. I made a similar contraption on the front of my boat. I used a piece of 1/4" aluminum diamond pate that I had to reinforce the nose. I added a bow eye bolted through the boat and the reinforcing plate so I could hook to it and pull the boat on the trailer. I should be able to pull the boat in half before I pull that bow eye out of the boat!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BassBlaster, post: 302051, member: 2865"] Nice rig!!! My guess on that piece of metel bolted to the nose is that it was to reinforce the handle since thats what they are pulling on with the trailer winch. The aluminum itself is very thin there and it wouldnt take much to pull the handle off since its designed to lift the boat, not pull it. I made a similar contraption on the front of my boat. I used a piece of 1/4" aluminum diamond pate that I had to reinforce the nose. I added a bow eye bolted through the boat and the reinforcing plate so I could hook to it and pull the boat on the trailer. I should be able to pull the boat in half before I pull that bow eye out of the boat!! [/QUOTE]
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