Preparing a boat for use

Abstract

A method of preparing a lightweight boat for use by using to advantage the overhang of the boat transom beyond the tailgate of the transporting van to provide a working clearance to attach wheel means thereto, and the floating depth beneath the launched boat to provide a working clearance to unattach the wheel means. While the wheel means are attached, the boat is transported like a wheel barrow a walking distance from a parking lot to a lake or the like.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. Improvements in a method of preparing a boat for boating service, said boat being of a type having a rear transom and characterized by a nominal weight contributing to the transport of said boat from a site of storage to a site of use adjacent a body of water into which said boat provides said boating service, said method comprising the steps of attaching to aid transom in spaced-apart relation a pair of cylindrical connecting members bounding a circular rod-receiving opening and each having opposite pin-receiving openings in horizontal alignment with each other, constructing for transport with said boat pair of wheel means each comprises of a rod of a selected vertical size when used in a vertical orientation having a horizontally oriented axle attached to the bottom end of said rod and having journalled for rotation on said axle a wheel, said axle being projected through a hub of said wheel and pinned using an inboard pin means to hold said wheel in place, and having a pin-receiving through bore adjacent an upper end of said rod, transporting in a condition supported from below said boat on a vehicle form said site of storage to said site of use, moving said boat transom in an overhang relation to said vehicle to establish beneath said transom-attached cylindrical connecting members a working clearance exceeding that of said vertical size of said rod of said wheel means, moving said rods in said working clearance so as to cause an interengagement of said rod upper ends within said cylindrical connecting members and an alignment of said pin-receiving respective connecting members openings and upper end rod through bore, attaching said wheel means to said overhanging boat transom using outboard pin means seated in said pin-receiving respective connecting members openings and upper end rod through bore, transporting manually said boat of said attached wheel means into said adjacent body of water to a level exceeding said vertical size of said rod wheel means, and detaching said wheel means from said body by withdrawing said pin mean and urging said rods in descending movement clear of said cylindrical connecting members, whereby there is minimal effort required of the user in providing working clearance in the attaching and detaching of said wheel means incident to the placement of said boat in boat service-rendering condition. 
     
     
       2. Improvements in a method of preparing a boat for boating service, said boat being of a type having a bow and a stern and characterized by a nominal weight contributing to the transport of said boat from a site of storage to a site of use adjacent a body of water into which said boat provides said boating service, said method comprising the steps of attaching to said stern in spaced- apart relation a pair of cylindrical connecting members bounding a circular rod - receiving opening and each having opposite pin - receiving openings in horizontal alignment with each other, constructing for transport with said boat a pair of wheel means each comprised of a rod of a selected vertical size when used in a vertical orientation having a horizontally oriented axle attached to the bottom end of said rod and having journalled for rotation on said axle a wheel, said axle being projected through a hub of said wheel and pinned using an inboard pin means to hold said wheel in place and having a pin - receiving through bore adjacent an upper end of said rod, transporting in a condition supported from below said boat on a vehicle from said site of storage to said site of use, moving said boat stern in an overhanging relation to said vehicle to establish beneath said stern - attached cylindrical connecting members a working clearance exceeding that of said vertical size of said rod of said wheel means, moving said rods in said working clearance so as to cause an interengagement of said rod upper ends within said cylindrical connecting members and an alignment of said pin - receiving respective connecting members openings and upper end rod through bore, attaching said wheel means to said overhanging boat stern using outboard pin means seated in said pin - receiving respective connecting members openings and upper end rod through bore, transporting manually said boat with said attached wheel means into said adjacent body of water to a level exceeding said vertical size of said rod wheel means, and detaching said wheel means from said boat by withdrawing said pin mean and urging said rods in descending movement clear of said cylindrical connecting members, whereby there is minimal effort required of the user in providing working clearance in the attaching and detaching of said wheel means incident to the placement of said boat in boat service - rendering condition.