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Old 12-26-2016, 05:22 PM   #21
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Bill,
Would you like to explain how you deploy and retrieve your kayak? The picture gives me ideas on how to rig a system for our canoe. I'm think'in you deploy w/o getting up on the roof.
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Old 01-06-2017, 04:07 AM   #22
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Hi, Eric,

We just got back to Florida after the last month in the Bahamas. Deploying and retrieving the kayak has gotten easier and easier the more we do it. First, I undo all the straps and line ties, and then I pull the kayak forward to the bow (on top of the rail). It then slides right down the port side rail into the water.

In retrieving I am able to pull the kayak up along the cabin and port side rail to the bow. The trick here is now to straighten out the kayak so that it can be slid aft in the rack. While I have done it myself, I usually have my wife hold the kayak in the bow and push it to port while I place and move the stern in to the rack.

Hope that helps!

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Old 02-22-2019, 08:28 AM   #23
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2003 HSV with hard top. Twin 115 Suzuki's on a full width bracket.
I am alone most of the time but I can single hand it.
Trailer capable is very important to me. I tow with a 3/4 ton diesel truck
The side sliding doors are a nice feature.
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Over all very satisfied but don't be in a hurry to get anywhere
Follow-up to this previous post. I had a motor failure and re-powered with an Evinrude ETEC 300HP G2. At a cost of $28,600 plus $800 for trim tabs. This was not a good fit for this boat. It added 70 more horse power and reduced the weight on the tramsom/swim platform by 500 pounds. I never liked the two stroke motor. It was not smooth at mid range. It would spin the prop from dead stop unless you eased on the throttle. The motor was more fuel efficient but it burned $30 a gallon oil that negated fuel cost savings. I think a single 4 stroke motor in the range of 150 to 200HP is the way to go with a HSV with or without a full width swim platform.
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Thanks ssobol but the pounding in even a 3-4' head sea would be ....... and w those long straight and low chines it would probably deliver an award winning snap roll.

I like the beam to length ratio though. And the roof deck. And the OB power.
Well Eric it appears you and I and a lonely few others are the anachronistic holdovers from the era of true full displacement trawlers, as god intended them to be.
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I am a very late responder to this thread as I am a new member and proud owner of a 2003 Rosborough RF-246 HSV. Our boat is powered by a Honda 250 HP outboard with a 10 HP auxiliary. My wife and I are looking forward to doing the ICW next fall with a side trip to the Bahamas.
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I know this is a older thread but very much would like to hear your thoughts on cruising your 246 -
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My wife, Molly, and I left Maine on 10/22 and are now in the Bahamas. Our boat is small but seaworthy and has worked out so well. Thank you, Bob Rosborough, for designing such a great boat.

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How was the trip over and back?
We are looking into a 246
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We had a Rosborough rendezvous of 27 boats at Caladesi State Park in late March. Bill Webster gave a ~1hr long presentation to the group about his second trip to the Bahamas (as part of his 2019/2020 Great Loop trip) in his Rosborough. It's available on the "RF-246" YouTube channel, look for the "Take your Rosborough to the Bahamas" video on the site.
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We had a Rosborough rendezvous of 27 boats at Caladesi State Park in late March. Bill Webster gave a ~1hr long presentation to the group about his second trip to the Bahamas (as part of his 2019/2020 Great Loop trip) in his Rosborough. It's available on the "RF-246" YouTube channel, look for the "Take your Rosborough to the Bahamas" video on the site.
Yes we have watched it. Enjoyed it quite a bit.
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