> Gary, this seems simple enough, but a little risky. What if you (or your
> kid) uncleats one end and lowers it without the other? Doesn't this invite
> the boat to slide nose-first out of the sling and crash onto the floor? Do
> you have a way of ensuring that the sling ropes work together? Also, it
> seems that if you put the boat in the sling when the loop is extended to
> its maximum size and then pull the rope through a pulley on one side only,
> the boat must then keep sliding toward the fixed side of the sling as you
> take it up (or in reality, the rope keeps sliding under the boat toward
> the pulley side as you raise it). Is this a problem (abrasion, or even
> rolling the boat over in the process of raising it)? Mike

I guess I wasn't clear. I put the "s" hook on the end of the rope and hook it to the carry handle. As far as dropping one end- sue could happen but what couldn't happen? Gary