Trailer Travails in Miami
Gragkkkk! Schschs! These are NOT the sounds you want to hear as you trailer your boat to the launch ramp. I was about a mile away from the ramp at the time, and looking in the rearview mirror I immediately noticed Betty Jane, my 1982 Mystic 20 Catboat, was now riding a good deal lower than she should. Slowly pulling over to the side of the road, I got out and found the tongue of the trailer had broken in two and the front of the trailer was now dragging on the pavement. Th is was not the way I’d envisioned putting Betty Jane back in the water for her first sail after an extensive refit.
Luckily, I was able to pull the car and trailer far enough over to the side of the road that
