roof box dinghy

[dylanwinter]

http://www.gizmag.com/boatbox-boatpack-roof-box-boat/27466/

 

[Romeo]

Looking at the pix, I think calling it a boat is a bit of an exaggeration. It is however not a bad concept for the holiday family, but I would want a much longer boat box before I took one on the water.

 

[Lakesailor]

2ft too short.
My last rigid tender was 8ft 2" and it was OK, but not as good as a 9ft 6" one I used to have.

 

[sam_uk]

It's only slightly less useful than getting a cheap dinghy and attaching it over a standard roofbox..

 

[Romeo]

The passenger looks like he is pretty scared.

 

[seumask]

Looked at it at the LIBS this year and said it needed lenghtening to the man, he knew that but was clear that it would need a new mould and that was significant Dosh. TBH I think he might have been a bit fed up with people saying what a great idea it was but needed improving for real boating use such as a Tender. It did'nt appear as robust as a standard glass fiber tender, but would be fine if looked after reasonably.

 

[clyst]

The local "Go outdoors" store sells them . A very over priced roof box and a very over priced flimsy dinghy IMHO.

 

[dylanwinter]

we used to carry the pram on the roof bars

normally upside down

but if we had a lot of gear then it went the right way up and we bunged the gear in the dinghy with a tarp over the top

however....

this would lock things safely away from the hands of the Essex longshoremen

D

 

[Blueboatman]

For any useful stability ( and I used to carry a hard dinghy just like that on the cabin top of a Corribee j/r!), it needs to be around 1.2m beam at the waterline. The further this width at the waterplane is carried fore and aft, the greater will be the stability again. So a curvy, multichined design may not be the most efficient way to ahieve stability. Stability ( or righting moment) increases exponentially with beam, length for length.

 

[Greenheart]

Selling that curious floating suitcase as a toy, to people who hadn't given any thought to boating, sounds like a recipe for tragedy. The space for an outboard is worrying!