Lowlysubaruguy
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2012
- Messages
- 514
I have been boating since I was a very young and dont ever remember seeing bow tie downs. There was a post here regarding them not long ago I looked on one of the last nice days a couple weeks ago the boat launch was full not a single boat tie down at the bow 30 plus boats. Must not be something that everyone knows about? maybe the memo never made it to the NW.
Looking at images they appear to pull straight down in most cases but I think a foward and downward pull would be the best? Id like to install one on my larger boat which is going to spend a great deal of time on the road in the near future. My boats 26 feet and probably weighs about 8500 pounds ish loaded at times. Im thinking a chain with a turnbuckle.
I think my real question here is about positioning should it pull straight down or down and forward one part of me is concerned a forward pull might encourage the boat to shift forward when braking hard etc.
Looking at images they appear to pull straight down in most cases but I think a foward and downward pull would be the best? Id like to install one on my larger boat which is going to spend a great deal of time on the road in the near future. My boats 26 feet and probably weighs about 8500 pounds ish loaded at times. Im thinking a chain with a turnbuckle.
I think my real question here is about positioning should it pull straight down or down and forward one part of me is concerned a forward pull might encourage the boat to shift forward when braking hard etc.