Trailer | New Bow Roller

With the buoyancy problem solved in the lazarette, attention turned to applying the final coat of paint to the upper hull.

One obstacle remained, however. Spring has sprung, meaning that gardening is high on Mrs Boatbuilder's agenda. That always involves frequent access to the tool shed via my workshop, and disturbance to whatever I am working on.

This is not ideal when painting is underway, so another outstanding task has been completed instead.

When we first put the boat on its trailer it was immediately obvious that the foremost roller was too small.

In this pic you can see that it is too low and way too small.

I talked to the excellent Dave at SBS, who built my trailer. I asked him for a roller with a longer arm to replace the existing one, but he thought that would be a bad idea because being so long it could easily bend.

Instead he suggested making a bigger roller to attach further forward on the drawbar. I sent him a photo of PocketShip on the trailer, and he asked me to measure the height to the bow at the point shown on this pic.

It was 26.5cm.

SBS then made a new and bigger roller for me, with a narrow foot to fit the drawbar on my trailer. It sat on a shelf until now, waiting for the boat to go back outside.

So I installed it today, not being able to do any painting.

This is it.

That's another job ticked off the to do list!