the world of text , without personal inter-action ........ isn't great. lol

: Thanks for the welcome, Robert, but it's a little late. I have visited this
: site on a daily basis and have posted hundreds of times since the time you
: were regaling us about turning a kayak into scrap on a waterfall drop. How
: long ago was that?
: More on topic, if someone says they need a really lightweight boat to be able
: to cartop you have to accept their judgement.
: Stuff like this,
: "I can lift all my boats on the car without
: difficulty on my own - and that includes commercial fibreglass boats, which
: are heavier.",
: doesn't get to the heart of the problem posed by the guy who started the
: thread.
: He said he had a problem solo lifting boats onto a roofrack. Saying something
: akin to , "I can lift X,Y or Z, why can't you?" is rather
: disengenuous.
: I can dead-lift a 35 lb. boat onto my pickup but not a 45lber. I just can't.
: I might be able to do it if I lifted weights for 6 months but my arthritic
: shoulders might not survive the process.
: One more thing. When I was 50 years old (a long time ago) I ran a 3:50
: marathon. Why can't you, Robert?