[Alberg30] Alberg 30 center of gravity

[chrishardy]

This makes sense to me. I also agree that the right amount of tongue 
weight is very important. I've never towed anything heavy but we used to 
tow a Mobjack (similar to a Thistle) that weighed about 500 pounds and 
loaded with camping equipment was probably around 1000 pounds. The first 
trip to Lake George it seemed to tow OK until I started to pass a car at 
highway speeds. The trailer started to fishtail violently and I almost 
lost control. After that I always checked the loading of the boat with 
bathroom scales and had no further problems. I shudder to think what 
9000 pounds plus would do if it started to fishtail like the Mobjack did.

Bob
  A couple of weeks ago I was going home from work on I 93 near Concord 
and I passed a stationary 30' IO powerboat in the right hand lane 
looking a little lonely still hooked to the trailer winch with a modest 
amount of gel coat and lower unit  damage. The Chevy blazer and trailer 
were in the ditch upside down with a modest amount of body damage. Looks 
like he got a little fishtailing going on.....

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