On 17 May 96, Patrick L. Larsen wrote:

> 	I have a question directed to those of you who drag a boat behind 
> your vanagon. I have a 91 Vanagon and am considering buying a small 
> fishing boat. My question is: When it comes time to back the boat into 
> the water, how far do you take it in to the water? Surely it can't be 
> good to submerge the engine?

NO!  the anti-freeze leaking from your engine is detrimental to 
aquatic life :)

The solution is to be sure to buy a "roller" trailer so you do not 
have to back in very far to launch or load the boat-- it just pushes 
off easily and cranks up onto the rollers.

-dan