Thread: Now we might catch fish

Hi all
We just got this little boat along with a aluminium roof rack, 15hp 2stroke Yamaha outboard and a folding trailer. The boat looks good apart from a few scrapes and bruises, the outboard runs like a dream and the folding trailer looks like it would not handle a trip around the block let alone a few klms??

The intention is to put the tinnie on the roof, hook up the caravan and off we go. I could take the folding trailer and set it up when we get to were we are going to make launching easy but thinking it's not worth the extra weight. Anyone had experiance with simular trailers??

What I would like to do is make a small crane type thingy using a rachet type boat winch or hydraulic jack? to lift the out board onto the roof rack and fix it to the rack then lay the tinnie over the top?

There is plenty of room to do this. In younger days I would have been capable of lifting it up on my own but age and a back full of plates nuts and bolts put this out of the question.

I know that the tinnie, rack and outboard will put me at the max, as far as roof loading, proberly a little bit over but it wouldnt be much. The rack is very light as is the tinnie, the heaviest bit is the motor.

Another option is put the spare on the rack under the boat and build a bracket adapting the spare wheel carrier to hang the outboard on, the wheel weighs about the same as the outboard but it could sit up on the rack for the trips and not have to be moved unless we get a flat.

The outboard would be more easy to load and remove hanging on the wheel carrier??( Might also come in handy if I want to follow the likes of Mudsloth and friends through bog holes).

I would also love to hear from anyone who has a workshop manual or a site where I can down load one. (Yamaha 15 hp 2 stroke around the 2005 era). We would also like any feed back on this model outboard and how well this will push a 3.4 mt tinnie along?

I thought of putting this in the fishing section but then decided their must be others out there with simular backs who have solved lifting heavy stuff onto roof racks?

Any suggestions welcome.

Originally Posted by Stuck

One of the larger roofrack makers like Rola or Rhino used to do a "boatloader" setup where you winched the boat straight up onto the racks.

Rhino do one. It's operated using an 18v cordless drill to power it's winch mechanism ...