Topper removal

   1: Toppers are melted together when they are made so...   ...just cut it up into bits and store them in little nooks and crannys in your car, then aslong as you have numbered each bit you could just melt them back together!!
2: Tape it to the roof just infront of the roof box side ways, then drive off a hill and glide there. (toppers sideways create great aerofoil shapes!)   

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kerrie forster Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 15 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote kerrie forster Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Topper removal Posted: 18 Jan 05 at 12:53pm
	1: Toppers are melted together when they are made so... ...just cut it up into bits and store them in little nooks and crannys in your car, then aslong as you have numbered each bit you could just melt them back together!! 2: Tape it to the roof just infront of the roof box side ways, then drive off a hill and glide there. (toppers sideways create great aerofoil shapes!)
	Happy Sailing

sailor.jon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 02 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 361	Post Options Post Reply Quote sailor.jon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 05 at 7:07pm
	i like maxims idea. tow it on the ground behind the car to the coast then sail it where u want to go, sea passage in a Topper COOL! i'll even do it 4 you, tho if u do ever want ur boat back again i don't advise it, :P:P Edited by sailor.jon
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Phil eltringham Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105	Post Options Post Reply Quote Phil eltringham Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 05 at 5:36pm
	Or you could hire a long wheelbase van and put the boat in the back, plenty of space for boat, associated parafinalia, and the contents of the roof box. If you run out od space for people the roof and a roll of duck tape is always a good option, it saves driver being distracted by noisy kids (besides they always want to stick their head out the window).
	FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen

Guests Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 05 at 1:46pm
	If you are taking it on one way trip to Ullapool , why not just abandon it in a field near home and save a lot of bother for same end result Only Joking !

Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 05 at 12:24pm
	With someone riding in it to keep it on the road? I remember when young and stupider riding behind a landrover on a Kayak on a snowy road in wales. One ride there were 4 of us on board, and we went round a corner a little fast, all ending up in the ditch. I bounced, but one of the others broke her leg, which as we were in the mountains involved rather a scary trip to Aberystwyth Hospital... For some reason we never did it again! Always wanted to, so I'd volunteer for the ride!

maxim Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 25 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 127	Post Options Post Reply Quote maxim Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 05 at 10:51am
	Of course you could just tie it to the back, and drag it up along the road, with not to much loss in performance I suspect...

Blobby Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 May 04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 779	Post Options Post Reply Quote Blobby Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 05 at 7:30am
	Take off the roof box, put the topper in its place and then chuck everything that was into the roof box into the topper instead. Or double deck the roof rack so the roof box is over the topper... Or get somebody else to drive and sail it up... Or melt it down and put in into the roof box as well.

Lucy Lee Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 17 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 276	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lucy Lee Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan 05 at 11:27pm
	Rent your topper to someone at your sailing club for the summer and then borrow / rent one off someone local in Ullapool? Post it?
	Fly Cherub!

Phil eltringham Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105	Post Options Post Reply Quote Phil eltringham Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan 05 at 11:04pm
	If your car is long enough duck tape the topper to the side of the car. This would probably work best on an estate on MPV, old volvos especially.
	FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen

andy2000 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 16 Jan 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote andy2000 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan 05 at 9:56pm
	Towing needs a road trailer and tow bar. Significant investment for a one-way trip as have neither!!