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Ryan Fogg develops the Strat-O-Vette personal-watercraft launcher, 2006

Also Launching with a Strat-O-Vette

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TypeEvent
Date2006-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
Event
Date
2006-08
Kind
Publication
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
technologycommercemaritimerecreationfamilycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August 2006 Beaver Beacon profiled Ryan Fogg’s Strat-O-Vette, a gas-powered four-wheel-drive device designed to launch and retrieve personal watercraft without a dock or a second person. The article connects the inventor to Beaver Island through his family’s ties and summer homes.

Sources

  1. Mike Lozon, "Launching with a Strat-O-Vette!," Beaver Beacon, August 2006.
    Profiles Holland resident Ryan Fogg's gas-powered, four-wheel-drive device using arches and a winch to launch and retrieve personal watercraft up to 1,500 pounds; it notes his family's Beaver Island ties. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the invention profile and photograph.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Ryan Fogg develops the Strat-O-Vette personal-watercraft launcher, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-strat-o-vette-2006/, accessed [date], citing Mike Lozon, "Launching with a Strat-O-Vette!," Beaver Beacon, August 2006. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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