Hi All,
This is my first year with a Laser and am researching the best methods for winter storage. I live in New Jersey and have my boat on a Kittyhawk trailer. Reading that the Kittyhawk is better than convention bunk trailers as it supports the boat properly buy the gunnels (the stronges area) and not on the hull I was thinking that I would just roll the trailer in the garage for the winter. Seemed like an obvious solution since the boat sits on the trailer all summer.
In searching threads it appears there are some who would discourage this as it may lead to hull/deck separation over the long haul. The question this raises in my mind if that supporting the boat by the gunnels is the best method for transport over the road where the boat will be subject to shock loading due to road bumps, is this less damaging than storing the boat statically suspended by it's gunnels?
This then raises the next question, winter aside, should I always remove the boat from the trailer and store it in some other fashion even through the summer?
The question then comes down to storage options ( trailer, upside down on bunks, on its side, suspended from ceiling, resting on tires.......).
1. If you have a Kittyhawk trailer, do you keep you boat on it all year around?
2. If you would not keep it on a trailer how would you store it (deck down, on it's side?) and what leads you to that decision?
Thanks
This is my first year with a Laser and am researching the best methods for winter storage. I live in New Jersey and have my boat on a Kittyhawk trailer. Reading that the Kittyhawk is better than convention bunk trailers as it supports the boat properly buy the gunnels (the stronges area) and not on the hull I was thinking that I would just roll the trailer in the garage for the winter. Seemed like an obvious solution since the boat sits on the trailer all summer.
In searching threads it appears there are some who would discourage this as it may lead to hull/deck separation over the long haul. The question this raises in my mind if that supporting the boat by the gunnels is the best method for transport over the road where the boat will be subject to shock loading due to road bumps, is this less damaging than storing the boat statically suspended by it's gunnels?
This then raises the next question, winter aside, should I always remove the boat from the trailer and store it in some other fashion even through the summer?
The question then comes down to storage options ( trailer, upside down on bunks, on its side, suspended from ceiling, resting on tires.......).
1. If you have a Kittyhawk trailer, do you keep you boat on it all year around?
2. If you would not keep it on a trailer how would you store it (deck down, on it's side?) and what leads you to that decision?
Thanks