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SHOESTRING SAILOR – DIY DINGHY LOADER

Getting a dinghy onto the car roof alone can be challenging. You can buy excellent ready-made boat loaders for just under $2000; maybe even pick one up under a thousand second hand. It’s a lot of money for occasional use, especially if your dinghy is not worth as much as the loader.

I wanted to load my 3m sailing dinghy on to my car without spending a fortune or damaging my back. Other sailors and YouTube offered three possible