After looking at the pix that Sun E Sailor posted for his TI cart, I got the urge to purchase the Hobie version.
Although a great cart and a snap for getting the boat off my trailer, it still was a little back breaking for a "mature" fellow like me because it required me to both lift the stern of the boat while shoving the cart further under the boat with the supplied handle to get the cart positioned at the balance point on the boat.
Then I remembered that Sun E Sailor used a set of ropes to pull his cart under the boat;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHyTCZuW ... r_embeddedSo, I took some nylon strapping I had and made a similar set of ropes for the cart;
Now it works like a snap! Very easy to slide the cart to the balance point of the boat and then out when reloading on the trailer.
Many thanks to Hobie for a great design and to Sun E Sailor for a much needed enhancement!
I also removed the black straps that come with the cart as I found no need to secure the boat to the cart [it isn't going anywhere] so they were just in the way.
I put the pool noodle on the handle because the handle rubs on the bottom of the boat when I am pulling the cart under it.