Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:59:54 -0400
Reply-To: Don Hundt <dhundt@BENDBROADBAND.COM>
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From: Don Hundt <dhundt@BENDBROADBAND.COM>
Subject: Re: Boat On Bus
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Mike,
If your boat has a hard transom, a set of transom wheels would work nicely
for portages. They also make it much easier to lift the boat onto the van,
as you raise the bow to slide it on, the stern just rolls along toward you.
I made my own, (check out the photobucket links) but they are available
ready made.
Don
http://s381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/dhundt/Sailboat/?action=view¤t=20100712001.jpg
http://s381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/dhundt/Sailboat/?action=view¤t=20100712005.jpg
http://s381.photobucket.com/albums/oo253/dhundt/Sailboat/?action=view¤t=20100712002.jpg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: Boat On Bus
> Unless that dolly packs into the boat for the portage around the midway
> rapids, and is small enough that the Ride The River shuttle* driver
> doesn't object, it would not help. And it would be another darn thing to
> bring.
>
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> *
> <http://cityofbendoregon.podbean.com/2010/06/29/city-edition-ride-the-river-shuttle/>
> --
>
> Rocky J Squirrel
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> Alistair Bell wrote:
>> nope, sorry, from now on I will be calling it "The Bootle Bumtrinket"
>>
>>
>> You sir need another gadget, namely a portable dolly. I recall some
>> inflatables had the provision to clamp on a couple of wheels on the
>> transom so that you could "wheelbarrow" the boat to the shore.
>>
>> And there are probably many dollies out there that could work. If made a
>> couple of versions for my canoe. I'll post pics of those on my blog
>> right now, ok? (http://shufti.wordpress.com)
>>
>> alistair
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12-Jul-10, at 7:02 AM, Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>
>> Alistair Bell wrote:
>>> ha, forgot the full name.
>>> better yet.
>>> I think its official now :)
>>
>> Nope. Dang boat is too heavy for two old short people to portage for
>> more than a few dozen yards. And there was a lot of portaging. We
>> cajoled, outright bribed, and charmed strapping young people in the
>> primes of their childbearing years to haul the thing. I don't have
>> enough affection for it to give it a name except for "That D*** Big
>> Boat."
>>
>> I'm keeping it strapped on the van(agon) for a few more days: we have a
>> camping trip this coming weekend at Little Cultus Lake near Bend, Ore.,
>> and after that I'll pull it down and use the /upside down j-hooks
>> screwed to the side of the van with 1/4'' stainless steel sheet metal
>> screws set in silicone bedding that I installed for this very purpose
>> and if the thought of doing that to a Vanagon upsets anyone then they
>> shoulda spoke up two weeks ago when I solicited ideas on how to tie a
>> big d*** boat on Mellow Yellow and Scott suggested this modification
>> which works peachy and I think makes darn good sense/ for some /other/
>> boat.
>>
>> <takes breath>
>>
>> It will be a more luggable boat, I can tell you that.
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