Here is a shot of my Achilles on the foredeck. http://www.opus45.com/c27_pics/DSCN3827.jpg
My plan was to get a sunbrella cover made for it - so that people could sit/lay on it when not in use. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, June 2, 2010 12:06:39 PM Subject: Re: [IC27A] Dinghy I travel with my dingy deflated and covered on the foredeck. When I arrive at an anchorage I inflate it and use my whisker pole to crane it overboard. I toe it on short hops to new coves, but for longer passages, I crane it aboard and overturn it on the foredeck. David Hoyt Sovereignty Catalina 27 #65 ahsovereignty. com In a message dated 6/2/2010 7:01:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mkel...@michaelkell er.org writes: >Hey folks, > >Looking for some creative dinghy transport solutions for > our C270. We sailed to Oxford, MD this weekend with our 7'6" dinghy deflated > on deck. Once at anchor, I dragged it to the stern and blew it up. It worked > ok, but was not the smoothest solution. And forget about getting it back up > on > deck (it sat forward of the companionway on the trip over) it's too heavy to > heave back up there. So it ended up being deflated and not-so-elegantly tied > to the stern, but that was roughly a 50 minute process > >I don't want to > drag it, my guess is we'll loose 1 to 1.5 knots. Don't particularly want > davits as the boat budget has been blown on the autopilot this year and I > feel > that might be overkill for our 27 foot boat. > >I know there's only so > many ways to bring a dinghy with you, but aside from deflating it or davits, > am I missing some creative solution? > >Thanks, > >Mike >C270 - > Detente - #313 > >
