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Old 12-17-2011, 03:01 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by motocyco View Post
Now that is an interesting thought. Since boat building is my newest hobby, my thoughts went immediately to what type to build. A small, planing garvey-type hull would seem to work best, but I don't know how well. I think that the cuvature forward (at the back end once loaded onto the truck) would be too much to retain attached flow. And for me, a 10 foot boat strapped to my 5 1/2 foot bed would look a little funny.

I will have to give this one some more thought.
The prow could be hinged and folded and stowed during transit.
Once at the waters edge,remove the hull,'invert',swing and latch the prow,then launch.
You'd lose usable cargo space underneath.Or just remove the prow when there's no risk of 'spontaneous' boating!
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