Just tie it on up there Mike soft side down. There must be loops on it for ropes and Donovan's got plenty of tie-down points... And yeah, take pictures! ;) On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > So here's the scenario: Mrs Squirrel and I will be doing a bit of gentle > rafting on the local river this Sunday. I inherited this big ol' > inflatable boat, a North Pak Aquarius 896 9.5' Inflatable Hardbottom > boat. Inflated, it's easily too big to fit into the Vanagon. > > And it is inflated, presently. > > I could deflate it, then re-inflate it at the put-in point, but since > the place is only 4 miles away, and slow neighborhood driving to get > there, I'm tempted to just figure out some way to strap the thing on the > roof. > > How could that be done? OR, do I need to be talked down from this idea? > -- > Rocky J Squirrel > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) > Bend, OR > KG6RCR >
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