Helllo people, I have a trailer question. I've build my own trailer for my Sunfish and as you canb see in the pictures I've used two black rubber supports, the meassure 2,5 inch by 20 inch. Yesterday I turned my Sunfish upside down and saw that the rubbert supports made a small imprint in my boat. The impresses are not big and can bearly be seen. Did I make my two supports too small? Or is this normal? Did I wreck my Sunfish? Or should I just make bigger and wider suppoorts?
If with "imprint" you mean black rubber marks, then cover the rubber parts with carpet.
If the supports made dents, then they need to be larger, and preferably extend to the chine.
My trailer build included longer bunks at the rear. They are shaped front to back and also the tops of those bunks are sloped to follow the shape of the hull. I also added a mid bunk between the back bunks and bow support.
I built a cradle for my hull to replace the bunks that came with the trailer. Each rib in the cradle is fit to the cross-section of the hull, with a pool "noodle" over it and carpet wrapped around that. You can see the gap down the middle for the chine to rest in.
I've owned and pulled many trailers over my years. After spec'ing out and purchasing our 30' power boat many years ago, I learned that the more hull support you have the better off you'll be. The load is also better handled if the trailer supports line up with the hull stiffeners. That being said, the re-vamped sunfish trailer I use utilizes 2 8' 5/4 deck boards that run the length of the hull and near the chines where the foam blocks are. The stern most edge of the trailer has a 12" roller to facilitate easier initial contact when loading.