Carrying TakaCat on R-23 Swim Deck.

[forfun1960]

Am pleased with the way I can carry my TakaCat 300 on the swim deck. After these pictures take I added 2- fenders between the swim deck and TakaCat to space it up so it does not ride on the hoses that go to the Yamaha Outboard. Very easy to deploy and retrieve.

 

[nboyer]

Nice setup. Where did you get that cockpit enclosure? I was looking for one for our R-23. Cheers! -Norm

 

[linedoctor]

I was going to stow my Takacat on the roof rack but after seeing those pics I’ll try the swim step too. Thanks!

Which torqueedo did you end up with?

 

[Cutwater28GG]

geniusly simple!

just be careful when docking that you dont rub it too hard against the dock as it overhangs the beam.

 

[forfun1960]

The Enclosure came with the boat not sure where the original owner had it made. I have the TORQEEDO Travel 1103 CS not only does it work great on the Takacat top speed of 4 mph with 9 mile range.

I built a mount to use it as a rescue kicker for my R-23. The Torqeedo pushes the tug at 3 mph for 1.5 mile range and at 1.5 mph for 3 miles.

The Takacat does stick out past the beam but not enough to bother me at docking. The biggest downside is you can't see behind the vessel very well, so when on the swim deck I park bow in at the dock. I also do alot of traveling at hull speed and then I tow the TakaCat too.

 

[Brian98133]

Looks great! Can't wait to get mine 😀

Rather than stowing on the swim deck as you have, I had planned on removing the inflated floor and transom tube assy and stowing the main tubes (inflated) up on the roof as another post had mentioned.

Since it appears that the two main tubes can be fully inflated and will fit on the top of the cabin, I would then just have to inflate the floor and insert the transom assy, correct? How difficult would that be? I watched the Takacat video on inflation, and they recommend inserting the transom assy before the main tubes are fully inflated, so maybe trying to insert the transom whilst fully inflated will be problematic.

Bottom line... I'm trying to keep my cockpit as unobstructed as possible 😀

 

[forfun1960]

Sometimes I carry the two tubes on the sports bars but found it is impossible to assemble in the water. You can see my album for pictures. Can even carry it there going down the road on the trailer, although the height is over 11' when stored there. The downside of just have the tubes inflated, I must be ashore to install the rear metal brackets and the inflatable floor.

If I want to have along and not sure if I will deploy I carry on sports bars on top so I don't take up too much room below. If I want to go slow and pretty sure I will be using it, I tow it. If I want to go fast I pull on the swim desk, although need smooth conditions for that, hard to do in waves.

I tried to tow it as high speed as Takacat talks about on the website. But I find it gets airborne at any speeds above 20 mph. Since my R-23 cruises at 27 mph just will not work.

Love the Takacat, stable, fast and doesn't hold water.

 

[SgtAlf]

Do you strap the Takacat to something while on the swim step? I don't see any straps in the pictures. I have a brand new Takacat, still in the box in my garage! A red one.

 

[forfun1960]

Yes I use a couple of tarp straps and Nite Ize Gear Ties to secure it to the stern and bimini rails. Very easy to hold it in place.

 

[Sandro]

Really? It’s bigger than the boat. I thought it compresses. Take out the cross beam and it’s on the platform at 1/3rd the height. Right?

 

[FlyMeAway]

The Torqeedo pushes the tug at 3 mph for 1.5 mile range and at 1.5 mph for 3 miles.

I appreciate the ingenuity here but man, that would be a *long* two hours...