Ever Heard of a Drotto Boat Latch?

If your answer to that question is no, don't feel bad. You're not alone. It was new to me, too, until I received the latest issue of Jay Kumar's BassBlaster.

With this device, a boat remains secure to the trailer while you remove the straps and chain at the dry water's edge. Simply back your boat into the water, and once it's in a good depth, pull the lever on the Droll latch and release the boat into the water. The mechanism also stays open, ready to reload your boat, with no resetting involved.

In recovery operations, you just bring the boat into the trailer at just above idle speed. When the front end of the boat comes into contact with the 8-inch wide Drotto latch, it guides the boat into the center of the mechanism, and the jaws then automatically lock onto the bow eye, securing the boat to the trailer.

Now you can pull the boat forward into a dry area, where you can hook up your straps and chains for safe travel.

One of these latches retails for $289.99.

In case you're interested, here's the link to some videos, showing a Drotto latch in operation: https://www.youtube.com/c/Boat2trailerhookup/videos.