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Clever TI car-topping system
- Category: Equipment, rigging & preparation
- Published on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 10:39
- Written by Josh
Aussie based AI user and Hobie community forum member 'Hobienutter' has devised a really celever system for solo-car-topping of the Tandem Island (TI). Below are the design requisites he set for himself and a full description of the system can be found at this post.
1) NO heavy lifting to get the hull on or off the car. Side access being my preferred method.
2) Must not in any way risk damage to ends of the hull, as was the case when using the extension bar technique, ie scraping the end corners!
3) Hull must be upside-down on the rack, the Hobie (and mine) preferred storage way.
4) The boat is easy to get right-side up or back.
5) Must be able to install my wide stance kart ( with 32cm Wheeleez tyres ) while the boat is still on the carrier. See Rule 1.
6) Must be able to open the boot ( that’s the trunk to you Yanks!) with the boat on the car.
7) Mounting rails must be at least 2 metres apart to give a safe load distribution negating the need for end ropes. My car’s racks are only 90cm apart, not good!
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