Boat trailer broke

[Tin-Can]

On my last trip to Willard Bay 27 July, as I was launching the boat, I noticed the bow stand was broken off where it was welded to the mount plate. So before releasing the boat, I pulled back up the ramp and rigged a ratcheting cargo strap to the stand and secured it to the trailer to provide some opposing "pull".  


     

  I got back to my storage unit,  removed the bow stand from trailer, removed the ratcheting assembly and cleaned the two pieces of the broken stand the best I could.  Then took them to a local muffler shop that does small job welding.  



Re-weld was completed Tuesday morning 1 Aug. Returned to my storage unit, primed and painted new weld area, re-installed on trailer. Re-installed the ratchet strap assembly. 

      

Between Thursday, 27 July when I took the stand in to be welded and Tuesday, 1 Aug when it was completed, I figured with the boat a little loose on the trailer, was a good time to replace the carpet on the side guides. 


     
 
Was hoping to get back on the water yesterday or today,  but weather and thunder storms will make me hold off until tomorrow.