Chuck, Are you still towing Caprice behind a 4 cylinder pickup? I ask because I pull my (stretched) Philsboat behind a 4 cylinder (standard transmission)...
Chris, I was thinking about the bow eye installation and possible reinforcement just last night! Since the cold weather has just about shut down my ...
John, You just reposted the spam, why? I've been double spammed! It interfers with my thinking about a ballasted 2 foot stretch of a Frolic II. 4 x 10 foot...
No. I traded it in for a four cylinder Xterra. I like this one better as it has more room for camping gear that you don't want rained on. Have I spun a tire...
Oh, yeah....I was standing right there! I guess the memory is the first to go! --Rob RAID Finland Posted by: "Norman Wolfe" norman.wolfe@... normwolfe1...
If it were me I'd just have cleats on each gunwale and skip the whole trailer bow post thing. Just some kind of bumper to keep it from slipping forward and two...
What you think we all don't want to hear that?! I say lay it on the group, man. --Rob Re: Anyone own/built Jim's Caprice? Posted by: "Chuck Leinweber"...
Well, if you have a sturdy wheel and tounge jack you can always hook up a tow strap and get the truck on flatter, drier ground. --Rob Re: Anyone own/built...
Well, I don't know about "unassailable"...but thanks! Any of the sites on the 55 loop are good. The next loop is pretty good too. Some of the Chicagolanders...
Chuck re-confirmed to me that he still likes the boat. I wanted to hear from an actual owner/sailor their opinion. One question I asked was what he would...
Rob, that is an interesting idea. I'm trying to envision myself trying to load the Harmonica onto the trailer...and having problems getting it to load, which...
... I used to tow the AF4 behind a 4-cylinder manual transmisison 2 wheel drive Mazda pickup and never had any problems. A truck scale said the boat on trailer...
Bolger tows with a Mazda 3 equipped with a winch on the front bumper. He parks his car at the top of the ramp, snakes the winch cable to the trailer and...
Chris, you make me blush! I owe it all to guru Max! Well, and Jim M for conveying some of Max's wisdom online before he became a world famous author and all....
Well, the most load you could conceivably apply is the weight of the boat and whatever is in it. Unless something was holding it back. But you probably...
Actually the force with respect to the bridle is not accurate. That would only be true if the bridle consisted of a strut joining the two eyes with the winch...
Heck, Carl, most of my friends, like myself, are doing good to add 2 + 2 and get 4! As for doing vector force diagrams....Har de har-har! .What do you...
Carl, I'm sure hate to let the world know how dumb that I am....but, the only part of your message that I understood was the last three sentences! Sob! That...
Good, what it all means is that using a bridle will exert more force on the attachments than just hooking up to the middle of the bow. I think if the front...
Greetings Bill, Wondering if the Harmonica can be "floated" more or less onto the trailer like I used to do with a 22' O'Day shoal-draft keeled sailboat that...
Hi all, I'm looking for a 4 stroke 15/20hp, 15" shaft with remote, tilt and trim. Going on a Bolger Tennessee due for summer launch. I suppose theres a long...
Rob, I've been pondering a safe way to anchor your old Piccup Pram while tented. I'd been thinking of trying to reinforce the bow for an eye, but the thought...
Thomas, that would be great! I don't know what information you would need, but here are some of the data. weight of boat: 500 lbs distant between cleats:...
Let's keep this simple: Say, your tow bridle is 10 feet long, with the tow strap connected in the middle and the ends belayed to your two gunwale cleats. ...
I hate to break up what looks like a pretty fun math party, but a bow eye will be fine. Get two pieces of 3/8" ply - one about 12" x 8" and one 6" x 4" and...
`Turn out the lights...the party's over` Thanks everyone for the very interesting discussion. I think that Chris and Chuck...among others...have the right...
you're welcome to look at another few photos of robote (winter activity) here: http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/michalak-polska/photos/browse/b5e5 wojtek...
Since I've built this boat, it's been sailed and motored in a lake. On the launch day, the sails never went up as the winds gusted to 40 with nice foot or so...
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