where to carry boat?

Majority carry on roof that I see and I've learnt the majority usually do things for a reason, so I don't try and re-invent the wheel.

Obviously becuase it saves lugging one of those bluddy heavy foldable finicky trailers....

Someone on here mounts their outboard in the tinny which is carried on their boat loader roof rack.... I think .

Hi Tony ,

I put my 3.7m Dart on my Trak Shak camper and have detachable wheels that lock onto the gunnels . Then I have a widget which locks the bow onto my Treg coupling . With this system I can tow it unregistered a few hundred metres to the water with the motor installed , the fishing gear, safety gear and tank onboard .

BUT
I think if it was only a 10 ft , I might put it on the top of the car . Then I don't need to worry about wheels and widgets , I can just take it from the camp to the water on the car . But then I have to cart the motor and the other stuff separately .

It's a tough decision and I love my widget !

Cheers ,

Willie

I would recommend a boat rack for the Tambo.

I can't tell from looking at the boat rack option on the Tambo site, how the rack flips right over, but I assume it can, so that the boat ends up flat on the ground, right side up.

This allows you to move the boat and rack out of the way so that you can set up the camper, without having to remove the boat altogether.

My camper boat rack is gas strut assisted and it also has a bracket attached to the rear tailgate to clamp the outboard to. When away without the boat, I simply raise the rack to a 90 degree position and tie it off. Keeps it out of the way of the tent and also someone (but not me of course) staggering about with a skin full and tripping over it.

Could not imagine the need to put the boat on the roof of the vehicle if you have the camper anyway.

If you can , I would use the roof of the vehicle.

Lot less fussing around when it becomes time to launch.

Tony, am thinking about the same problem myself. Looking at many different types of racks etc i have basically decided to make a rack for the camper trailer. I have seen some that can slide out or flip over with the tinny still tied to it negating the need to untie and remove it every night. Shouldn't be too hard to manufacture a custom one.

If the tinny was on the car roof, you lose that storage area plus the wind resistance would be huge worsening fuel economy. Not to mention banging it on overhead branches.

Barnesy

When we had a camping trailer it was fitted with boat racks, the fixed type. This was fine when making a one destination trip with an extended stay. We decided that touring with the tinnie on the c/t was not going to be fun so decided to put the tinnie (3.75 Quinnie Dart) on top of the GU. Found it was no more difficult to get it onto the Gu than the c/t and we had the added advantage of not having to remove it each time we stopped. Having solved that we decided to put the canoe on top of the c/t and had to remove that each time we stopped. Thankfully that was not quite as bad as taking off and replacing the tinnie, but there were times when we thought it may have been wise to leave it home. Then there were those wonderful times slipping through the water up a very iscolated water course taking in all the bird life. Just put it on top of the vehicle, you won't be disappointed. Just a bit of a clue if you have not already got a tinnie, a slightly longer tinnie may go on top of the vehicle with a bit more ease than a 10 footer, depending on how high your vehicle is. Getting the point of balance right is important.
Happy camping,
Mike and Jan.