:: Does any one successfully launch and retrieve their boat
:: on a steep ramp from a trailer and if so how is it done.
:: My j22 triad trailer had a tongue extension that worked
:: pretty well, and I'm wondering abut the feasability with
:: the e27.

Roger, I also have wheel at the tongue, but mine is a smaller version, about the size of a large wheel on a trailer jack. I have found that installing a trailer winch on a plate in front of the rubber v the bow rests in at the front vertical post on the trailer helps a lot. Same arrangement the power boaters use. I tie a small line at the bow through the holes in the toe rail to which I attach the strap on the winch. It is then simple to winch the boat up tightly to the front of the trailer and into the rubber v. You can also tie some lines to the lower front part of the trailer frame and run them to the aft winches and tighten them up pretty snug. This helps keep the boat aligned and snug on the trailer as you pull out. Pull the trailer out till dry, block the wheels, remove the extention strap or line, rehook trailer and it is really pretty easy.

I also got tired of getting my trailer lights wet and then corrode and not work so I have them mounted with wing nuts and male/female plugs on the wiring and it is easy to remove before going in the water. I actual just keep them off when dry sailing and only put them on when traveling. No more broken lights.