andyatos
Well-Known Member
Actually, I guess you could say it was "Tacoma Topping". To go on our 13 mile out and return on the Russian River, we had to put one boat on the top of my Tacoma as my brother didn't fly from Maine with his truck. The Sunfish was the obvious choice... with the Laser wanting to hog the trailer ball. (I think my Laser is seriously jealous of my new Alcort girlfriend.)
Used the same technique my wife and I had developed for loading our two man kayak on top of the Tacoma. Was pretty straight forward getting the Sunfish up there with my brother. But when I started to ponder how to flip the thing over, my brother said, "Why bother?" And you know what, he was right.
I have very strong and super thick padded racks that were made for my expensive, almost all carbon hang glider... including very robust and well padded straps with heavy duty cam buckles. So we just cranked that baby down, put a line from the bow to the bumper for symbolic measure (as if that bow handle would do anything if the Sunfish took a flyer), hooked up the Laser on the trailer and off we went.
The drive was 30 minutes to the boat ramp and we were on sections where we were doing 55 mph. The Sunfish never budged. So, for shorter trips we'll just keep her right side up. Longer trips, we'll make the extra effort to flip the old girl over.
Enjoying having 2 dinghies,
- Andy
Used the same technique my wife and I had developed for loading our two man kayak on top of the Tacoma. Was pretty straight forward getting the Sunfish up there with my brother. But when I started to ponder how to flip the thing over, my brother said, "Why bother?" And you know what, he was right.
I have very strong and super thick padded racks that were made for my expensive, almost all carbon hang glider... including very robust and well padded straps with heavy duty cam buckles. So we just cranked that baby down, put a line from the bow to the bumper for symbolic measure (as if that bow handle would do anything if the Sunfish took a flyer), hooked up the Laser on the trailer and off we went.
The drive was 30 minutes to the boat ramp and we were on sections where we were doing 55 mph. The Sunfish never budged. So, for shorter trips we'll just keep her right side up. Longer trips, we'll make the extra effort to flip the old girl over.
Enjoying having 2 dinghies,
- Andy