[Fr. Frank]

I don't use keel rollers, I don't use bow rollers or bow guides, and I drive on with my hull centered every time. Just adjust your bunks to just outside the first chine, for maximum strength, and allow only 1 inch side to side play, using bunk slides. Make sure your bunks are high enough off the frame that your bow does not hit the crossmember as you come into the trailer. With the bunk slides, your bow will self-center every time as log as you get it between the bunks.


I've done all my boats this way for years, even before the days of "glide sliks" I used 1/3 of a PVC tube over the top of the bunk. Never had a misaligned boat, never had a crooked boat on the trailer, never had hull damage from missing the rollers.

The only downside is loading by yourself. I have to leave the boat running in gear while I hook it to the winch and snug it. Most of the time, though, I just get my wife or one of the kids to do that.