I talked to a friend today, that was at the launch ramp at Shelter Island just before I went fishing on Sunday. He said that my boat looked very heavy and it took a lot to launch off the trailer. He suggest something that I never thought about. He said he helped a friend bring a boat from back east that was a 30 ft. boat. The trick to launch a heavy boat is too install seaboard on the bunks and the boat should slide off a lot easier. He said it did not have to run the full length of the bunk. Does that sound doable to anyone out there? I will need to get some material that is think enough and will take a counter sunk screw. That may solve my problem, without extending the tongue.