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women loading boats

Posted By: Pamela
Date: Tuesday, 19 July 2005, at 11:25 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Hully rollers? (Christine)

Christine,

I'm going to be making fleece booties myself (once I finish the curtains for the new house!)

Make sure you really need Hully Rollers before you buy them. I have one set and find that the boats slide so well through my Yakima saddles that I'm going to replace the rollers with another set of saddles. A big disadvantage of the rollers is that you have to tie the boat to the crossbar instead of the saddle. This means that the force of high winds is transmitted, through the crossbar, to the car. With saddles, the boat is anchored to the saddle, which has some give built in to absorb the force of the wind. In high winds, that makes a big difference.

Good luck finding a system that works for you.

For a woman, loading boats is often a challenge and I went through quite a few experiments before I found one that I can use. When I have to load solo, I put wheels on the back of the boat, bring the boat round to the back of the station wagon, lift the bow onto an old blanket that's covering the "hump" of the wagon, then slide the boat over the blanket and through the cradles into position. Once the boat is tied down, I take off the wheels.

Pamela

Messages In This Thread

Hully rollers?
Pamela -- Monday, 27 May 2002, at 2:20 p.m.

Re: Hully rollers?
Carl Tjerandsen -- Monday, 27 May 2002, at 4:50 p.m.

Re: Hully rollers?
Pamela -- Monday, 27 May 2002, at 5:33 p.m.

Re: Hully rollers?
Robert Woodard -- Tuesday, 28 May 2002, at 3:49 a.m.

Re: Hully rollers?
Pamela -- Tuesday, 28 May 2002, at 8:26 a.m.

Re: Hully rollers?
Kevin Street -- Tuesday, 28 May 2002, at 3:16 p.m.

Thanks ...
Pamela -- Tuesday, 28 May 2002, at 5:49 p.m.

Re: Hully rollers?
Craig Mackinnon -- Thursday, 30 May 2002, at 11:04 a.m.

Re: Hully rollers?
Robert Woodard -- Saturday, 1 June 2002, at 6:16 p.m.

Thanks, Woody.
Pamela -- Monday, 3 June 2002, at 7:18 a.m.

Re: Hully rollers?
Linda -- Wednesday, 29 May 2002, at 10:27 a.m.

Re: Hully rollers?
Christine -- Saturday, 16 July 2005, at 3:00 p.m.

women loading boats
Pamela -- Tuesday, 19 July 2005, at 11:25 a.m.

Re: women loading boats
Thomas Duncan -- Thursday, 21 July 2005, at 9:03 a.m.

Re: women loading boats
Wayne Smith -- Friday, 22 July 2005, at 6:37 a.m.

Re: women loading boats
WillN -- Sunday, 24 July 2005, at 10:09 p.m.

Re: women loading boats
Alex M -- Friday, 26 August 2005, at 2:46 a.m.

Re: women loading boats
Pamela -- Friday, 26 August 2005, at 7:21 a.m.

Re: women loading boats
Melissa -- Friday, 26 August 2005, at 8:03 a.m.

Re: women loading boats
Alex M -- Saturday, 27 August 2005, at 3:26 a.m.

Re: women loading boats
Grant Glazer -- Saturday, 27 August 2005, at 4:20 p.m.

Re: women loading boats
Pamela -- Saturday, 27 August 2005, at 9:51 p.m.

Yakima Mako Saddles (long, sorry)
Thomas Duncan -- Saturday, 27 August 2005, at 7:13 p.m.

Re: Hully rollers?
Craig Mackinnon -- Thursday, 30 May 2002, at 11:25 a.m.

Thanks, Craig and Linda
Pamela -- Thursday, 30 May 2002, at 12:02 p.m.

Re: Thanks, Craig and Linda
Kathy -- Wednesday, 17 August 2005, at 6:38 p.m.

Re: Thanks, Craig and Linda
Brian Nystrom -- Thursday, 18 August 2005, at 9:39 a.m.

Re: Thanks, Craig and Linda
Pamela -- Friday, 19 August 2005, at 10:19 a.m.

Re: Thanks, Craig and Linda
Kathy -- Friday, 19 August 2005, at 11:22 p.m.

Re: Thanks, Craig and Linda
Pamela -- Sunday, 21 August 2005, at 6:58 a.m.

Re: Thanks, Craig and Linda
Brian Nystrom -- Saturday, 20 August 2005, at 8:40 a.m.

Re: Thanks, Craig and Linda
Pamela -- Sunday, 21 August 2005, at 6:46 a.m.

Re: Thanks, Craig and Linda
Brian Nystrom -- Monday, 22 August 2005, at 10:21 a.m.

Re: Thanks, Craig and Linda
Kathy -- Monday, 22 August 2005, at 9:52 p.m.

Thanks for the hint, Brian. *NM*
Pamela -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 10:04 a.m.

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