[Rhodes22-list] Long Road Trip

[Lowe, Rob]

Patrick,
I've got pretty much same motor on my boat.  I used to pull it off the transom for towing, but do not anymore.  I try to support it some by hooking a strap under it and trying it to the stern eyes.  A strap around the stern railing might be another option.  As long as you have enough tongue weight, I would think it could remain on the transom. - rob

Rob Lowe

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Hello Rhodies,
I am planning a long trip this summer and will probably be soliciting a lot of advice.  This is the first.  Typically each summer I drive my family from Denver to the East Coast and leave them with family or by a beach somewhere while I fly home to work a week or two, then I go back and get them.  This year I am going to take an extended vacation and stay gone about 4 weeks.  Going to hit Virginia Beach, OBX (Stan's neighborhood), and Chincoteague.  So I am planning to tow the Rhodes and have it available to get on the water for short day sails and a little exploring.

I had always planned to remove my motor from the boat for long trips, however I had planned to just wrestle my oversized electric start Honda 9.9 x-long shaft (110 lbs) into the back of a pickup truck.  In this case I will be towing with an SUV so that is not an option.  I can't really just lift it into the cockpit.  The question - does anyone have any neat tricks maybe using a halyard or topping lift/boom/mainsheet to lift a motor into the cockpit/cabin for travel?

I will have a stabilizing hitch, towing with a pathfinder, so leaving it tightly strapped to the transom may be OK too.


Patrick Riley
Lakewood, CO
s/v Cleone
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