I have an immovable canoe up in Ak. A little over a week ago my neighbor sent me a photo of my OT Tripper that had been blown from its' place. It was upright on the walkway leading to my front door. When leaving the house yesterday morning the boat was impeding my backing out of the garage so I had to move it. I then discovered that the rain we had the previous week had put a substantial amount of water in the boat. Now with temperatures in the single digits the water was frozen. It took all my strength to move it just a little over a foot and that was downhill.
I thought it would have slid easier but there must be a crust of frozen snow on the bottom of the hull that isn't sliding on the crusty snow on the ground. I need to move the boat about 25 feet on a slight uphill to get it out of the way, and am thinking of using a come-along. Not wanting to damage the boat I'm thinking using a lining harness to minimize stress on a thwart or seat that I would have to tie off on. Any thoughts?
I thought it would have slid easier but there must be a crust of frozen snow on the bottom of the hull that isn't sliding on the crusty snow on the ground. I need to move the boat about 25 feet on a slight uphill to get it out of the way, and am thinking of using a come-along. Not wanting to damage the boat I'm thinking using a lining harness to minimize stress on a thwart or seat that I would have to tie off on. Any thoughts?
