: After reading the first two responses (and many things for those!), I'm
: confirming that yes... its a SOF boat I'm building. And I hadn't
: considered that a semi-permanent float device would make air drying a
: problem. Excellent point.

: A haul system for moving inflatable bags in and out is starting to sound good
: to me. No skin on the boat yet, so I'm not too late for that detail.

: cjk

Hi Charles,
Why not put a pulley block on the stem and stern board? Use good ones, they'll last years.
I put some in my baidarka and wish I had them in the greenlander. I use a single line with a stopper knot before I fasten to the airbags, that way the line stays in the block if it comes loose. The return line is brought back above the deck beams so it doesn't threaten my feet with entanglement. The extra line at the cockpit ends up in a small cloth pouch that I stuff between the deckbeams and the skin.

Hope this helps,
Mike Savage
South West Cork