Several years ago, I went to upstate Minnesota and paddled the Boundary Waters. My buddies and I took advantage of a service called a “Fast Launch,” whereby our canoes/kayaks were loaded onto a bigger boat with a motor. This guy took us as far as you could go in a power boat. There we started our weeklong paddling journey. All that said to simply ask if there is a good way to transport kayaks on other boats. I’d love to use my 24’ Triton Bay Boat to haul a couple of kayaks. Any suggestions/ideas on the best way to do that will be appreciated. I’m thinking about having a rack made from PVC pipe, but am only in the thinking stages at this time.
I have a 17’ bowrider and I can slide a yak right down the middle. We used to throw the scupper pro (15’) in there and it was a bit tight to move around it. We now have a 9’ Frenzy that we drag out to the beaches for us to play in, and I can fish off of too.
If you have enough room, you may just try and slide a yak down the side along the console. It just may fit? Most kayaks aren’t that deep.
John
1996 Sunbird Spirit 170 - 112 Johnson
15’ Ocean Kayak Scupper Pro
Definitly a great way to get farther away from civilation in a kayak, going a ways in a power boat then yaking from there. did that before up off the west cost of Vancouver island in a old fiberglass Scupper. Ive had pretty good luck towing several yaks strung together in a line at 30 mph or so, just don’t use the bow handles to tow with, run a line thru the scuppers then thru the bow handle line and string them in a daisy chain like that. I think my record was like 20 or so in a line towing behind my Whaler.
Russ Broward
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Originally posted by Top2Bottom1Definitly a great way to get farther away from civilation in a kayak, going a ways in a power boat then yaking from there. did that before up off the west cost of Vancouver island in a old fiberglass Scupper. Ive had pretty good luck towing several yaks strung together in a line at 30 mph or so, just don’t use the bow handles to tow with, run a line thru the scuppers then thru the bow handle line and string them in a daisy chain like that. I think my record was like 20 or so in a line towing behind my Whaler.
Russ Broward
Thanks for neat idea…“run a line thru the scuppers then thru the bow handle.” Did you REALLY tow 'em at 30 mph? Seems fast to me. How long was your tow rope?
Yeah, have towed a kayak at 30mph more then several times, sometimes with someone sitting in em! But then again, I’ve done some pretty crazy stuff with kayaks in the ocean, snow, ice, highways, chimneys!
I used to carry a bunch of 10ft or so lines to make the kayak bridle with, from the top of the kayak, drop each end of the line thru the fwd scuppers then run along the bottom of the kayak and thru bow handle and connect them to tow line. Would tow them fairly close behind the boat in the motor wash most the time, maybe 15, 20 ft back.
Russ Broward
down in the golf we would tow 2 people sitting on a 14 foot Ocean Kayak with a tube tow rope behind a 22 foot center console and we could sling them around no problem and still go out paddling that afternoon.
I’m looking forward to trying some of that. I have some great places to give it a try. Thanks.