Talking About Adventure In Small Boats
GatorBait
Member
We have had our solo kayaks and our tandem canoe on chickees many times, and we have just pulled them up and on the platform, but there is no way we will be able to do that with the 100 pound tandem we'll be paddling.
What do you all use to keep your boats from getting beat up against the posts if you have to tie it there for the night and there is a chop ?
We are thinking of using our Tevas as bumpers, but would hate like heck to lose one.
Jack
BeastOarman
Member
Never tied to a chickee, but in similar situations I've had success tying a small kayak anchor to the bow, and throwing it out far while holding a stern line. Then tie off the stern line. Of course if the anchor snags bad on the bottom, the next morning you are . . . Gator Bait.
I gather there's mangroves or something else to tie off one end of the boat to? then the other can go the the piling of the chickee? A long line from the boat to "shore" and back to the chickee would allow you to set her out and yank her back in again. the short line to the chickee would be a static short length. No reason to be Gator Bait!
BustedRudder
Member
Is it possible to use 2 lines, fore and aft to suspend the boat off the water lashed to the chickee?
I saw a post about inserting a metal blade through the planks, turning 90degrees yielding a stout tie off...
A kayak with gear is right around 100 lbs..
Just thinking out loud, I'm sure the thought violates some statute
BustedRudder has it right--two lines fore and aft, but off away the sides of the chickee. Just remember the tides, so you're boat's not left hanging.
I remember a night at Harney River chickee (EC2007)--there were about four or so boats, so pretty crowded. Frog130 and CatLady arrived pretty late in their Bayrunner 20 ft fiberglass double SOT, and tied it up just fore, inside the 'U' of the chickee. SandyBottom and I were in hammocks (only year I took one). About 0300 I heard a terrible
crunching-of-fibreglass noise, and dashing out of my pit (buck naked), found their SOT way bow up, stern under the chickee, slowly being crushed with the falling tide.
KB
CaptJackOtter
Member
This goes along with KiwiBird's post about two lines that BustedRudder mentioned. It is called the Anchor Buddy Mini for a PWC. It is a bungee type of anchor line. I thought about using it for my Weta after last years race.
Proceedure might be to first tie a line to your stern and attach it to the steps at the chickee. You already have your Anchor Buddy Mini line attached to the bow and of course to your anchor. Paddle out half the distance of your anchor line and drop it and then pull yourself back to the chickee with the stern line. This might take a little practice to get the right length of the lines set. But the bungee, Anchor Buddy, should keep your boat off the chickee. Do a google search and check out the demonstrations.
Last year at one campsite I hated having to keep track of the tide and the position of Miss Sugar on the beach. It would have solved the problem of keeping her off the shore and yet in good control when I wanted to pull her back to me.
Have a great EC.
CaptJackOtter
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