I have seen people keep the painter very short. To the effect that it is lifting the bow of the dinghy out of the water. When I had my dinghy flip it was because of following seas. I surfed down one wave and slowed when I reached the trough. The dinghy however had not reached the trough yet and accelerated down the face of the wave and then slid out sideways to the boat. When the boat accelerated down the next wave the dinghy kinda washed about in the trough until the painter pulled tight. Since the dinghy had slid out to the side, when the painter went tight it pulled the dinghy sideways through the water and subsequently flipped it.
On the flip side a short painter would likely result in the dinghy bumping into the boat... Repeatedly. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Aug 10, 2016 12:17 PM, "Bev Parslow via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: We have a hard shell dinghy. How long should the tow line be? We had one incident when it turned over. _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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