Anyone know of a canoe cart that would allow a 3.5 mile walk on a gravel road without too much angst?
Especially when transpsorting on rough trails, a long boat will tend to rotate and become offset or slide reward on the supports, as one wheel or the other bounces along over rocks or roots. This can make for a vey awkward situation on the trail. Dual tie down cam straps have to be fastened very tight and "laced" over a thwart to begin with and frequently rechecked. With experience, you learn how to rig additional stabilizing external ties, such from a thwart to the cart. I have used black rubber bungees along with short loops of rope of appropriate length.I recommend the suspenz. Very happy with it once I figured out a "lacing" pattern that prevented the canoe from rotating or sliding.
Amen. When I wheeled my canoe down the Allagash Lake portage trail using my little Malone cart (not recommend b/c of small diamter wheels), I quickly learned that what I thought was a bomb-proof job of strapping down my canoe wasn't. Belly straps, no matter how tight and how cleverly tied around thwarts just were not enough on that trail and I eventually had to stop and tie the bow and stern painters back to the cart to stop the canoe from rotating/twisting when the cart hit any ruts or rocks.I recommend the suspenz. Very happy with it once I figured out a "lacing" pattern that prevented the canoe from rotating or sliding.