Return to Hobie.com
Hobie Forums
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:36 am

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 20 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
Author Message
PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:05 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue May 18, 2010 2:31 pm
Posts: 3068
Location: Kailua 96734
Flat tires, broken frames, punctured hulls and torn rotator cuffs,.. why can't transporting our big Hobie sailing kayaks be easier and safer? These questions have been plaguing us for some time.

After all, what good is the "ultimate AI/TI" if you can't shlep it to and from the water? Or you go around ripping scupper holes during launches? In a hopeful sign, this test vehicle was recently spotted rolling out of the batcave,..

Image

It's built on 30cm beach wheels and designed to effortlessly pull the weight of a fully loaded TI.
As usual, further enhancements are planned.
And yes, it is not cheap!

ImageImageImage

For closeups and details you can check out the Hawaii Kayak Sailing Club forum http://hawaiikayaksailingclub.com/hkscf ... opic=196.0

There are more picts of this 4WD "Bruddah Built" design and a few other concepts that are floating around the twisted minds of our members. :evil:

_________________
The Wind Is Your Friend...


Last edited by NOHUHU on Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:42 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:39 am
Posts: 858
Location: Bairnsdale, Victoria Australia
You Hawaiians definitely take the prize this month for being the most innovative Hobie people on this planet. You must have either too much time on your hands or too much disposable money available to you, but good on you for going the whole way guys.
PS...Is that a bat-tent I see in the background on the trailer? ...Pirate

_________________
Master of the galleon 'Pirates Lot'


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:54 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue May 18, 2010 2:31 pm
Posts: 3068
Location: Kailua 96734
More time spend recently in the shop than on the water, I can tell you that.

That's the BatTrailer with another project under wraps. Our intrepid designer is a multitasker. :wink:

_________________
The Wind Is Your Friend...


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:02 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:39 am
Posts: 858
Location: Bairnsdale, Victoria Australia
Looks like we Aussies might have to take an occasional swim across to keep an eye on what you fellas are up to over there...Pirate :wink:

_________________
Master of the galleon 'Pirates Lot'


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:49 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:32 am
Posts: 1807
Location: Terrigal NSW, Australia
Hmmm, I'm starting to wonder about the identity of this mysterious designer.
NOHUHU, you're name wouldn't happen to be Bruce Wayne, would it?
And while we're at it, what exactly happened to your HUHU?

_________________
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:50 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:23 am
Posts: 59
Location: Kailua, HI
Awesome cart!

_________________
2011 TI


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:16 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:29 am
Posts: 121
Location: Sydney, Australia
Tiki Tack wrote:
Awesome cart!

Ditto. 8)

_________________
H@mmer
"Intelligence is nothing without imagination"
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:45 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue May 18, 2010 2:31 pm
Posts: 3068
Location: Kailua 96734
I'll pass that on. Our club is going to torture test the cart this month at our weekend camp and sail. Last time we were there, I blew 2 trax tyres, with help from my friends. :cry:

Me thinks there will be a long queue of AI/TI's waiting for rides on the BatCart.

And the winch should be added by then,..

_________________
The Wind Is Your Friend...


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:33 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Admiral

Joined: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:44 am
Posts: 159
Location: Boynton Beach, FL
Tiki Tack wrote:
Awesome cart!


W-O-W !!! :o

_________________
Marc K
2010 Hobie Tandem Island
Boynton Beach, FL


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:24 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:43 am
Posts: 483
Location: Long Island NY
NOHUHU wrote:
... if you can't shlep it



... always thought that was a yiddish term - now I'm edjumikated to its hawaiin origins :?

_________________
Alan W.

Papaya AI2 to replace my well worn V1
TheTwins - His/Hers 2007 Papaya Hobie Adventure Island's (v1.00.01)
.. and a Hobie Outback SUV


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:28 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:06 am
Posts: 354
Location: Turks and Caicos Islands
I don't need the cart, as nice as it looks, as this TI only weighs a couple hundred pounds.

But I sure do like the looks of that grid lawn thing. I need something like that on my driveway. What is that called? Is it poured in place like that?

_________________
Island life in the Devil's Triangle:
http://2gringos.blogspot.com/


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:44 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:25 pm
Posts: 2863
Location: Central Coast NSW Australia
Now that's a cart! :shock:
NOHUHU wrote:
Last time we were there, I blew 2 trax tyres, with help from my friends. :cry:

Were they Trax1 or Trax2 tyres Nohuhu?

Gringo,
They are a concrete paver. An updated design here:
http://www.atlantiscorp.com.au/brochure ... ochure.pdf


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:56 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:21 pm
Posts: 2498
Location: Central Florida
Gringo wrote:
But I sure do like the looks of that grid lawn thing. I need something like that on my driveway. What is that called? Is it poured in place like that?
That Grass Blocks, comes like this:
Image

_________________
Image
Hobie Island Sailing since 2006


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:39 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Admiral

Joined: Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:19 am
Posts: 214
Location: Victoria, Australia
Pirate wrote:
PS...Is that a bat-tent I see in the background on the trailer? ...Pirate


We all know, Batman has everything in black (well apart from his ATI, he knows, yellow is the sexiest colour for kayaks), I presume the "Snowman" may be camping/chilling out in Hawaii.

Wicked cart by the way!!!


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:05 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Tue May 18, 2010 2:31 pm
Posts: 3068
Location: Kailua 96734
Paswind - good one!
Gringo - what about uphill?
Stringy - Original PVC trax tyres. 3 dead so far.
Elm - Batman clearly prefers yellow kayaks. Of course, he likes to wear tights as well.

You all can check out details of the cart at the HKSC site. Our club launch is 1 week away and he should have it ready with some refinements by then. We'll put it to the TI test then.

Here's a couple videos of the initial one-man tests, using the Batboat.

Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/user/HawaiiKayak ... nwC0IFirYM

_________________
The Wind Is Your Friend...


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 20 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Jump to:  
© Hobie Cat Company. All rights reserved.
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group