I really hate towing a dinghy when sailing. I used to use the spinnaker halyard to hoist our inflatable on to the foredeck but found it to be way easier to just release the lifeline pelican hooks and just manhandle the thing onboard.
Chris Price 35 MkI Pradel Black Hole Creek, MD > On May 11, 2018 at 1:00 PM Dan via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Yikes... ok, that makes a lot of sense. I think I can do a bow-up towing > method, espically with the reverse transom...I can probably get a painter > line to my toe rail as well where we have the same type (with the holes). > > Lifting the dinghy vertically using a halyard also seems much more > practical than attempting to use the boom which would just make things more > difficult. > > Thanks guys! > > Dan > > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 1:43 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > > > > I have a 12 foot RIB. We tow it with a line fastened to the aft end > > of the port toe rail. The 35 MK I has the rail with holes every few inches > > the length of the boat. > > > > The dinghy cannot be brought aboard, there is no place it could fit > > and it is heavy. > > > > Warning : Non-RIB inflatables may not tow well to say the least > > unless you hoist the bow out of the water. Our old flat floor inflatable > > would dive underwater if flat-towed. > > > > Joe > > > > Coquina > > > > > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com > > mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com ] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List > > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 12:33 PM > > To: CnClist > > Cc: Dennis C. > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List How do you tow your Dinghy and > > bring it aboard > > > > > > > > We tow our 9'6" inflatable astern either on a short painter or bow > > up on the second stern wave. > > > > > > > > We hoist it with a spinnaker halyard and place it on the foredeck > > for transits or long term stowage. I can hoist it singlehanded. > > > > > > > > Dennis C. > > > > Touche' 35-1 #83 > > > > Mandeville, LA > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Dan via CnC-List > > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > We JUST bought our first dinghy and it's time to figure out how to > > have it interact with the mothership... > > > > No Davits... > > > > > > > > We have a 1986 C&C44 (with the ridiculously long reversed > > transom)... There is no obvious towing fitting around the transom other > > than a couple of rings that the previous owner added but both are only held > > on by a couple of screws. How do people typically tow their dinghies? - > > from the aft Cleats? > > > > IS it prudent to attempt to raise the dinghy form the water by way > > of the mast swung out abeam with a couple shackles (like a crane) for deck > > storage? > > > > Thanks guys! > > > > Dan > > > > Breakaweigh > > > > 1986 C&C44 > > > > Halifax, NS > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. > > Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. > > Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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