Ramlin Trailer modification Bow stop

Still is probably a misleading word - I just started this past summer. I used to ski with Adam's (iaughtnaut)dad when we were young, so that's my skiing background.

Understanding how important it is to have a teacher, I found a 28 year-old coach with a boat, whom I pay for lessons (but not much). I also got a gymnastics coach to teach me rolls and flips on the tramp so I didn't have to kill myself learning those. Throwing my ass over my head did not seem like a good idea to learn alone.

That said, my objective is to at least be able to do a back roll next summer. I am solid normal and switch on the surface, and can get good pop and clear the wake normal heel and toe side. My coach says he knows I will be able to back roll this coming summer. I also think 180's and 360's off my strong side will not be that hard. The back roll will likely be my only aerial.

So, at 65, I am a newbie wake guy. I like it so much I bought the 2002 SAN. My son is 18, so he and I will get after it next summer. Will hopefully spend some time with Adam and his dad Jackie too.

Pete - Do you still wakeboard? I though Lewy & I were the oldest boarders on the site. Not saying I can do any tricks. . .

No! It doesn't even come close and our ramps are very steep at our lake. By the time the boat is moving back it is plenty high above the roller.

Unloading is very easy. Back the truck down and when the transom starts to float hit the breaks and the boat rolls off the roller and slides perfectly off the trailer.

I did this really bad drawing when I was designing the new bow stop just to see how high the transom would need to come up to see if it would hit the winch. It is pretty high - LOL!

Does your rub rail hit the roller when you back the boat off the trailer? We've got one ramp that is extremely steep and another than is way shallow. I find myself lifting the nose over the roller on both otherwise I'm scared it will screw up the rub rail.

I'll be adding a keel roller to the trailer this fall in hopes that it will help with a few issues.

Than you all for your photos and input. I just got back from the lake and I used the ratchet strap from bow eye to trailer concept. It work perfect. Thans again

We have a roller on our 96 trailer (not a ramlin) and hate it. I feel it makes loading and unloading much more difficult. You have to have the trailer way back in the water otherwise it catches the rub rail when you back the boat off or the nose hits underneath when your loading. I'll be doing some modifications this winter... I'd rather have crash pads

Yeah, may not be as simple a modification for a non-snap cover. This isn't the best pic, but you should be able to see the cut-outs on the nose of mine. I've seen others that have larger cutouts.

dcoll -- is your cover a snap on and if so, have you considered having your cover altered so it doesn't contact the crash pads when it's on? I have a custom cover on mine and it has notches that allow me to put the cover on w/out contact of the crash pads. I know this doesn't address the rub-rail deforming issue, but it's probably a lot less effort to have done.

I have had the same problem and usually I0 notice it most when towing long distances where you might have had to brake hard at some point.
I run a short ratchet strap from the boweye back through two factory welded rings about 18" aft of bowstop (yes, mine is a Ramlin) and snug it up. This seems to help so far.

You have a flip up trailer tongue, right? .. Similar to Marty Mabe's 1993 SN Trailer...

I would be mindful of the "up" position of the tongue so that the welded-on V doesn't interfere............ keep that flip action useful....

I always floated my boats on the trailer by hand. I would just barely let the rubrail touch the bowstop. It would still slide forward on the way home, so i would loosen the pinch bolt to move the Bowstop forward so it would not compress the rubrail and deform it..

Yes, when it needs to. Like when some a-hole pulls out in front of you and you don't want to become intimate with your boat.

Mount above or below bow eye? i would assume below so turnbuckle can attach.

Looks like a poly roller to "V" would work perfect.