Much more than a dingy! Don't forget the spinny halyard is holding not weight but the force of the wind when drawing. Joe McCary Aeolus II Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: "mkeller23173" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:46:24 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Re: Dinghy Thanks for the responses. I think I will try heaving it up on the foredeck this afternoon when I get out there. See if it fits when inflated. How many pounds do you all think a spinnaker halyard is good to lift? --- In [email protected], Derek Atkin <atkin...@...> wrote: > > 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: "captain...@..." <captain...@...> > 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 > > > > >
