Steve_Bentley
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Launching \'flaty w/out trailer
I've recently acquired for a v. modest outlay a v.large heavy old inflatable (15ft, 4.5m 8-10 man) & 25hp o/board. Over the months I've reconditioned the Avon and checked the o/b works. So, over the next couple of weeks I intend testing it on a slip up the road at Shoreham but as I'm getting it there in the back of the estate I've been pondering the best way of launching a heavyish boat & o/b. The 3 options seem to be (once inflated!); 1) get it half in the water and put the o/b on the transom still resting on the slipway then push the lot in, 2) point it the other way round and walk in the water/along inside and hope I don't drop the o/b, or 3) somehow get the lot on the roof of the car fully set up, take the handbrake off and the boat will float as the car submerges!
Anyone got any better solutions (not 'buy a trailer' just yet- this is a budget exercise at the moment, which doesn't mean I don't have 'jackets & oars etc).
I've recently acquired for a v. modest outlay a v.large heavy old inflatable (15ft, 4.5m 8-10 man) & 25hp o/board. Over the months I've reconditioned the Avon and checked the o/b works. So, over the next couple of weeks I intend testing it on a slip up the road at Shoreham but as I'm getting it there in the back of the estate I've been pondering the best way of launching a heavyish boat & o/b. The 3 options seem to be (once inflated!); 1) get it half in the water and put the o/b on the transom still resting on the slipway then push the lot in, 2) point it the other way round and walk in the water/along inside and hope I don't drop the o/b, or 3) somehow get the lot on the roof of the car fully set up, take the handbrake off and the boat will float as the car submerges!
Anyone got any better solutions (not 'buy a trailer' just yet- this is a budget exercise at the moment, which doesn't mean I don't have 'jackets & oars etc).
