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Old 04-08-2011, 02:03 PM   #50
healhustler
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City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
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RE: Prepare to tow or be towed.

Here's the set-up that Phil/Fill was talking about on a very special 36 Krogen Manatee on Gulf Coast Florida. *He travels to spend summers in the Great Lakes, and then returns for winters in Florida. *Last time I heard, the boat had 22 (yes that is twenty two) loops on it.

**The dingy is a big, heavy thing with a 90 HP outboard. *It is equipped with bull-bars on the front of the dingy, and a custom tow hitch to attach it to the stern. *When not in use, he uses that massive boom to hoist it up on the custom cradle on the back of the boat deck. *If the main goes out in the Manatee, the dingy can push the whole works at a reported 4 knots. *I think he can also back-up with the unit attached.

**First picture is the dingy sitting on the custom cradle with bull bars and hitch bracket visible. *Second is the stern with hitch. *Third is underway with dingy hitched to stern.
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