Boat rail to shore

[MARK-S]

Anybody out there use a rail to bring there Nautique shore insted of a boatlift? I am looking at building a boat house on shore and need a track system to get it into the boathouse.

[Hollywood]

RE: Boat rail to shore

That sort of thing is illegal on our lake now. No new ones can be built, but you can keep the old if you have it. It's become an environmental safety issue, just like home garage drains.

[skinautique]

RE: Boat rail to shore

I have friends that use them. They are pretty cool. I will have to find out who makes them and give you the info.

[Eggie]

RE: Boat rail to shore

RGC in Buffalo makes very high quality products. I have one of their vertical lifts....Check out the beacher railway from this link:

http://www.rgcproducts.com/otherlifts.html

[skinautique]

RE: Boat rail to shore

That is the one that I have seen before too.

[slob02]

RE: Boat rail to shore

Hewitt sells a system just like this.

[ag4ever]

RE: Boat rail to shore

So what makes the rails an environmental danger? The only thing I could think of is the metal under water, but that can't be worse than the guide posts that the marinas or floating docks ride on.

[Hollywood]

RE: Boat rail to shore

I don't think it's necessarily the metal rails, but what goes on inside the garage, like changing and possibly spilling toxic fluids into the water. I don't agree with the law, but that ain't nothing new.

[MARK-S]

RE: Boat rail to shore

I live on a manmade in minn and its ok for that. But in minn you cant have a boathouse on public water. Hewitt, in Minn makes them, but I am actually trying to find out if they work with a Nautique.
With the skegs and prop so low under the boat.

[ag4ever]

RE: Boat rail to shore

Now I am really confused.

They are afraid of what you are doing in your garage, so they ban railroad type delivery methods of putting your boat in the water. Seems to me that that would be better for the environment since your duties would be further from the lake than doing it in a boat that is hung above the lake. Sure seems logical to me. Guess that is why I don't make the environmental laws.

[MARK-S]

RE: Boat rail to shore

In minnesota, It has to do with shoreline setbacks and pesticides. They want vegitation buffers on all shores. If you have one already, you are grandfatherd in, but the orig building cannot be torn down and rebuilt. I live on a manmade lake, and that is exempt. Minnesota is the land of Paul welstone. You are not allowed to have any fun.