We have a 10' Achilles with a wood floor 8 hp nissan. With the motor off and
the dink empty it's very light doesn't slow us down at all.
I keep it short and directly in back of the big boat even if it flips (and it
hasn't in a long time ) no problem, just get it to flip back. that's my story
and I'm stickin to it !
Gary Kolc
Liberty
---- dwight veinot via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote:
> Joe, I have a 10 foot Caribe RIB and a 9.8 Tohatsu 4 stroke. Together with
> full fuel tank in the dinghy that's about 200 pounds and I find it a bit
> much for towing behind and it doesn't tow well at all; even with the
> outboard fully raised the prop can drag in the water at 6 kts so for
> cruising last summer I used my little 8 foot fiberglass dinghy and oars, a
> little more care required in getting on and off the boat without tipping
> the dinghy but much easier to tow behind...it does the trick, but I plan to
> get a little Suzuki 2.5 hp instead, that will work nice on the little
> fiberglass dinghy when cruising and I'll use my Caribe setup for back and
> forth to the mooring.
>
> Dwight Veinot
> C&C 35 MKII, *Alianna*
> Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
> [email protected]
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > My Avon 340 RIB has never even got close to flipping in the Chesapeake. I
> > would have to get some other kind of dinghy if I went someplace I could not
> > tow it, no way the 15 HP engine is coming off except once a year for a
> > fresh water flush.
> > Joe
> > Coquina
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> > ahycrace--- via CnC-List
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 4:19 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Proper Blower Installation - 30 mki NOWFUEL
> > CHARACTERISTICS
> >
> > We had the dink flip over in buzzards bay and we were lucky to get most
> > of the contents back so now (for the last 20 yrs) we never keep anything in
> > it when we are underway.
> >
> > Gary Kolc
> > "Liberty"
> > ---- "Della Barba wrote:
> > > +1
> > > Dinghy gas is in the dinghy.
> > > I once got to listen to speech about how dangerous my Atomic 4 was from
> > the skipper of a Cabo Rico with diesel power. He then proceeded to dig a
> > Clorox bottle full of gasoline out of the engine room to fuel his dinghy!
> > > Joe
> > > Coquina
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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