Spammy Spamson wrote:
OK, from experience - don't tow a kayak. Except for river or squirt
boats the majority of Kayaks are designed to track in a straight line.
All goes well until you tack. The painter slakens a bit, then
rightens and your Kayak continues on it's merry way on your LAST
course, until it is dragged sideways, flips over and fills with
water.
That should be the same for boats shouldn't it?
That does not address your particular question about sit on
tops however as it would not fill with water - but I still wouldn't
tow it.
I am still looking for experience, not opinion.

As to carrying on deck... a major pain in the ass unless you have a 60
ft boat.

Concur

Any other questions?

I've sold about a million dollars worth of Kayaks and have owned up to
five at one time and still have a couple of folders (which are what I
recomend and use on my sailboat).
Me too.

If you want an economical folder
check out pac boat.

My pac boat google's first hit was a pac boat being launched on a lake
that was a little choppy and it was taking on water. Didn't look like
much boat for a dinghy replacement.

Gaz

Tried this last year for a weekend. Bigger sailboat, perhaps smaller
kayaks. Good results.

We were out for the weekend on a C&C 35 Mk. I and took two friends and their
two rotomold kayaks, about 16 or 17 feet long. They fit on deck on edge
between the shrouds and the cabin top. They made it a bit more difficult to
go forward to tend to bow lines, sails, etc. but not too big a deal. You
had to pay more attention to the jib sheets when tacking as once a sheet
hooked under a kayak, forcing us to tack back to clear it. This was all in
protected waters, the Bras d'Or Lakes, and in generally good weather with
wind in the 10 to 20 knot range. We did try towing briefly but they track
too well, going off in one straight line until jerked onto another straight
line, rather annoying wandering around behind like that. I think the
painters wouldn't have lasted very long.

We were really glad we had brought the kayaks along as they were great for
exploring once we were tucked into an anchorage for the evening and in the
morning so our guests could have a little privacy and "sleep in."

As Steve says, my experience for what it's worth...
--
Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin
Cape Breton Island, Canada
kenheaton at eastlink dot ca

wrote in message
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Does anyone have experience either storing an
ocean kayak (closed, sit on top variety) on a 27
foot sailboat, or towing it behind?

What are your experiences? Doable? Horrible?
Good idea?

Thanks!

Ken Heaton wrote:
Tried this last year for a weekend. Bigger sailboat, perhaps smaller
kayaks. Good results.

We were out for the weekend on a C&C 35 Mk. I and took two friends and their
two rotomold kayaks, about 16 or 17 feet long. They fit on deck on edge
between the shrouds and the cabin top. They made it a bit more difficult to
go forward to tend to bow lines, sails, etc. but not too big a deal. You
had to pay more attention to the jib sheets when tacking as once a sheet
hooked under a kayak, forcing us to tack back to clear it. This was all in
protected waters, the Bras d'Or Lakes, and in generally good weather with
wind in the 10 to 20 knot range. We did try towing briefly but they track
too well, going off in one straight line until jerked onto another straight
line, rather annoying wandering around behind like that. I think the
painters wouldn't have lasted very long.

We were really glad we had brought the kayaks along as they were great for
exploring once we were tucked into an anchorage for the evening and in the
morning so our guests could have a little privacy and "sleep in."

As Steve says, my experience for what it's worth...
That is interesting. Thanks.

Ken Heaton wrote:
Tried this last year for a weekend. Bigger sailboat, perhaps smaller
kayaks. Good results.

We were out for the weekend on a C&C 35 Mk. I and took two friends and their
two rotomold kayaks, about 16 or 17 feet long. They fit on deck on edge
between the shrouds and the cabin top. They made it a bit more difficult to
go forward to tend to bow lines, sails, etc. but not too big a deal. You
had to pay more attention to the jib sheets when tacking as once a sheet
hooked under a kayak, forcing us to tack back to clear it. This was all in
protected waters, the Bras d'Or Lakes, and in generally good weather with
wind in the 10 to 20 knot range. We did try towing briefly but they track
too well, going off in one straight line until jerked onto another straight
line, rather annoying wandering around behind like that. I think the
painters wouldn't have lasted very long.

We were really glad we had brought the kayaks along as they were great for
exploring once we were tucked into an anchorage for the evening and in the
morning so our guests could have a little privacy and "sleep in."

As Steve says, my experience for what it's worth...


Found a review of 9 different 'bag boats' that might be useful as a
portable way to go ashore ffrom a moored sailboat.
http://tinyurl.com/ar3t2