Neat Looking Boat,Trailor,Transport all in one!!

[charlie foulds]

I went to the Long Island duckboat show this past sat and came across this "Thing"

 

[David Robinson]

Some one has been watching too much "Saving Private Ryan," hahahaha!

 

[Ray]

Put one of those sport jet inboards in that and you would have an Alaskan's wet dream.

 

[quane]

Or maybe not watching enough - he hits the beach in reverse!
That's an interesting boat/trailer/landing vehicle for sure
thanks for the pics..

 

[tgentry]

Is that a displacement hull or a planning hull?

 

[charlie foulds]

Dont really know

 

[charlie foulds]

Here is a few more boats that I took pictures of......

This one is a original Black BRANT BUILT LOCALLY

 

[jwking]

I would assume its easy to launch..................but how hard would it be to hook it back up and pull it out of the water !!!
Depending on the angle of ramp ? Water level ?
Still really cool idea.

 

[Eric Dellamater]

Is that a displacement hull or a planning hull?

given the 40HP on the back of such a small boat one would assume a planning hull. Too flat for displacement.

 

[tgentry]

I was being tongue in cheek. If you don't lock down the ramp, it would be displacement - displacing a lot of mud on the bottom!!!!!

 

[Huntindave McCann]

but how hard would it be to hook it back up and pull it out of the water !!!

Jeff,
My thoughts exactly. We had a ramp here in Iowa where one would regularly have whitecaps rolling into and across the ramp. Guys were trashing their boats trying to get reloaded. DNR finally relocated the ramp and dug in a channel and protected bay to isolate it from the main lake. Now, nobody uses the old ramp that is still there.

 

[Denny Budd]

I kinda like the looks of that South Bay boat. Anyone have any experience with one?

 

[quane]

I think the trailer hitch is on the wrong end of the boat, right?
I don't know too many people that back up to the boat ramp - might be tough on the motor.
Wouldn't you want the hitch to swing out over the bow so you can beach it and hook up?

Charlie - did the boat actually launch? How did they do it?

 

[craig shire]

some videos here.
http://www.admiraldrive.com/float_overview.html
Kind of neat, but how practical is it really vs. a regular boat and trailer.