I use pp twine (4mm o reckon) on clips to attach the top of the lighting board to each corner on the stern cleats, amd then an adjustable bungee on the centre bottom of the board to the trailer to tension it. The board is stable, yet doesnt touch the boat.
I made my own seat from 3/4" marine ply, with multiple end stopppers, so it can be at the rear if in company, or accross the middle of on my own. A foldup plasric padded seat then positioned on the board where it suits you best. Offset to one side is best for moving, closer to the cemtre is betyer for drifting imho.
Pic of trailer board, boat is 100+ miles away at the mo.
Loop the twine loops around the cleats, clip the board onto the twone loops amd use the bungee in the centre to tension it all.
I'm sure you have one, but if not, get a seconardy coupling for the trailer. Despite being the law (in the UK, wasnt in the ROI last I checked) many people dont bother.
Many years ago metal fatigue on a ball hitch lead to me and a mate having a potentailly serious accident. The boat and trailer came off arond a corner and an oncoming car smashed into it, sending it over the hedge and writing the car off. No one was hurt, but could have been worse. You dont even need a propriety secondary coupling, a robust chain and shackle can do the job.
I changed out my metal swivels for these demountable ones. They're brilliant. The LH bit stays on the seat and the right hand bit attaches to your piece of wood or whatever you have. The two halves click into place and the seat is removed by pressing down on the protruding tongue. For me, this means that I can leave the bottom section strapped to the boat and take the seats home, if I need to.
I changed out my metal swivels for these demountable ones. They're brilliant. The LH bit stays on the seat and the right hand bit attaches to your piece of wood or whatever you have. The two halves click into place and the seat is removed by pressing down on the protruding tongue. For me, this means that I can leave the bottom section strapped to the boat and take the seats home, if I need to. View attachment 41767
I like them - not seen those before. I don't have the option to leave the bottom section in the boat as I don't have my own boat and am carrying my seat from fishery to fishery - an advantage of the bucket seat being lighter and taking up less room. Even so, making the seat and bottom section detachable would be useful for transportation and storage.
I have a Burke boat which is 19' long.I made up a board that would carry the light board and has two holes in it that fit over the pins in the middle of the boat.I thought it worked ok until a friend followed me home one night and said it was too low,he could only see it part of the time.
I then got a friend to make up two strengthening brackets that run down about a foot of the side of the boat and around the ransom.This was to strengthen the back of the boat while travelling with the engine on.These are perfect for putting magnetic lights to and have never fallen off.
I think that if you see a lot of men who trailer their boats regularly will see nearly a different design for carrying the lights on every boat.
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