Trailer winch and bow stop setup

[Rinker85]

Hello.

I have a 24 foot cabin cruiser. Today was the 3rd time out. I had trouble winching the boat up. The upper bow stop gets hung up on the fuel tank vents and flips the bow stop over. Then the bow eye gets hung up on the lower bow stop. Can I replace these bow stops with rollers or maybe just a single roller? Ps I’m not sure if there called bow stops or not.

 

[ahicks]

Maybe replace those "V" cushions with rollers?

 

[JimS123]

Those V stops are better than rollers. From what you are describing, the solution is easy peasy.

When you crank the boat up the alignment should say consistent from start to finish, thus there should be no problem.

You are backing in too far. The boat is floating and thus the bow isn't lining up in the right spot.