Houseboat Trip AND bringing your Tige?

[ajholt7]

My sister has a houseboat on Lake Barkley. Houseboating with the Tige is great especially when the houseboat belongs to someone else.

[OldeBoy]

It was made locally. I'm sure they could ship you one though? They do all of the Tigés in So Cal.
http://www.adleecoversboats.com/

Thanks I'll check out their site.

[empty_boat]

Our Trip

First of all it was our first trip to Powell we had govnew to Shuswap once before this trip but froze our tails off and wanted to go somewhere warmer. I can see if you had houseboated for 20 + years it might get old, but I highly recommend it at least a couple of times in your life.
Some things I think are necessary:
1. A boat for water sports and sight seeing.
2. A jet ski for staking out your beach
3. A back pack lawn chair to take with on your jet ski to mark your beach so someone doesn't take it before your slow moving houseblat gets there.
4. Hand held VHF radio for the Jet ski driver so you can try to tell the houseboat you found a beach.
5. Fueling station for Jet ski and water sports boat.
6. Real Refridgerators and Freezers, not RV fridges like the lower end houseboats have.
7. Good air bed for sleeping on the top deck under the stars.

The pics show how we towed the boat and jet ski, worked great.PVC pipe with pipe insulation around it and rope down thie inside. It kind of made a triangle and kept the Tige from hitting the houseboat, smaller version from the back of the Tige to the Seadoo. At night we either dropped anchors with anchor buddy's on them and then stern tied to the houseboat or bow line to the houseboat stern line to shore with a sand spike. That way the boat didn't rub on the houseboat at nightif the wind blew.

We are going again this September, got in on the 50% off sale. Thought about buying in but need to do more research first. Have Fun

Last pic is Cathedral Canyon, it was the highlight of the trip for most of the people on our trip.

[JohnnieMo]

I've done it a bit in Shuswap.

The Tige will have a lot of drag, so towing is pretty easy with the houseboat. Just slow down slowly and keep an eye out. But honestly, I think you could take a dead stop and the Tige still wouldn't hit. Leave it on a good chunk of rope and tie to the same side you drive on (so you can look back and peek at it)

For mooring at night, we beach the houseboat and then tie off to trees or stakes from the back of the boat. Basically creates a triangle on shore.

Tie the bow of the tige to the same point you tie the houseboat rope on the back corner. Then attach the stern along the rope a ways down. This keeps the boat free from the houseboat and secure. If at worst it becomes loose at night, the bow line will keep it where it needs to be.

Houseboating is awesome, and I highly recommend it. But I usually did it with young, rowdy girls Ahhhhh the days...

[Timmy!]

The pics show how we towed the boat and jet ski, worked great.PVC pipe with pipe insulation around it and rope down thie inside. It kind of made a triangle and kept the Tige from hitting the houseboat, smaller version from the back of the Tige to the Seadoo. At night we either dropped anchors with anchor buddy's on them and then stern tied to the houseboat or bow line to the houseboat stern line to shore with a sand spike. That way the boat didn't rub on the houseboat at nightif the wind blew.

Anyone know what he means by pipe insulation here? We are headed to Powell in 2 weeks and I need to be able to tow my boat behind the houseboat and want to make a setup like this.

[skippabcool]

Anyone know what he means by pipe insulation here? We are headed to Powell in 2 weeks and I need to be able to tow my boat behind the houseboat and want to make a setup like this.

I think that is the black foam stuff you can get at Home Depot or Lowes. You would use it to put over copper pipe close to the outside walls of you home.

http://www.homedepot.com/Plumbing-Pi...atalogId=10053

[Timmy!]

Oh, I see - that would pad it against damage to the boat. Thanks!

[Fiveflat]

We all side tie off our buddy's Bluewater. I am currently trying to sell my RV, so I can buy a houseboat or Trawler yacht...

[Timmy!]

Is that legal to drive with the boats hooked on the sides like that?

[Fiveflat]

Is that legal to drive with the boats hooked on the sides like that?

Referring to my picture? We don't drive like that. We're anchored there. Drive separately.

[Timmy!]

Referring to my picture? We don't drive like that. We're anchored there. Drive separately.

Oh, ok...thought you were driving like that. I need to be able to tow the boats, not worried about when it's stopped.

[skippabcool]

Oh, I see - that would pad it against damage to the boat. Thanks!

From the description it also sounds like you use pipe, that is covered in the foam, that would keep it at a distance instead of just rope that would allow it to come to the tow boat.

[skippabcool]

Oh, ok...thought you were driving like that. I need to be able to tow the boats, not worried about when it's stopped.

It has been close to 20 years since I was at Powell but we towed a boat behind a houseboat.

[Fiveflat]

PVC "triangle" is an outstanding idea for towing!

[TeamAllen]

I've never had an issue where the boat came back into the houseboat when stopping. Anyone else? I guess I just slow it down gradually before stopping. I'm not knocking the pvc pipe method, I'm trying to understand it. I don't think it would hold your boat back before bending and/or breaking. Isn't it hard to transport while driving to the lake?