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Re: Off Topic: towing kayak behind powered boat
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/23/2009, 2:45 pm
In Response To: Off Topic: towing kayak behind powered boat (John Enyart)

: a bit off topic, but does anyone have experience, good or bad, with towing a
: kayak or multiple kayaks behind a fishing or houseboat which could serve
: as a mothership? I searched the archives - "towing kayak" and
: didn't come up with anything.

It can be done at limited speeds, but not with a conventional tow line the boats won't balance correctly since they don't weigh anything empty. You'll need to experiment with a tow bridle that connects to both sides of the kayaks and pulls from under the bow some distance back towards the cockpit, keeps the bows up so they don't swamp and their direction is more easily controlled. Still there is a serious speed limit here.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: towing kayak behind powered boat
John Enyart -- 9/23/2009, 12:47 pm
Re: Off Topic: towing kayak behind powered boat
John Enyart -- 9/26/2009, 4:51 am
Why not raft them instead?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/27/2009, 4:11 pm
Re: Off Topic: towing kayak behind powered boat
Andy Waddington -- 9/24/2009, 7:32 am
Tow low or Go slow
mike allen -- 9/24/2009, 2:24 pm
Re: Tow low or Go slow *Pic*
Joe Greenley -- 9/25/2009, 2:12 am
Re: Tow low or Go slow
Robert N Pruden -- 9/25/2009, 11:18 pm
Re: Tow low or Go slow *LINK* *Pic*
Joe Greenley -- 9/28/2009, 10:27 pm
Re: Tow low or Go slow
Bill Hamm -- 9/26/2009, 12:52 am
Re: Tow low or Go slow
Bill Hamm -- 9/24/2009, 7:09 pm
Re: Tow low or Go slow
Bill Hamm -- 9/24/2009, 7:10 pm
Re: Off Topic: towing kayak behind powered boat
John Enyart -- 9/24/2009, 8:02 am
Re: Off Topic: towing kayak behind powered boat
John Enyart -- 9/24/2009, 6:16 am
Re: Off Topic: towing kayak behind powered boat
mike allen -- 9/23/2009, 2:54 pm
Re: Off Topic: towing kayak behind powered boat
Bill Hamm -- 9/23/2009, 2:45 pm
Re: Off Topic: towing kayak behind powered boat
Mike Savage -- 9/23/2009, 1:58 pm